¹³ Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly ^(A)that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and ^(B)they will afflict them four hundred years.

¹⁶ and said: ^(A)“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— ¹⁷ blessing I will ^(B)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ^(C)as the stars of the heaven ^(D)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(E)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. ^18 (F)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, ^(G)because you have obeyed My voice.”

² Then the Lord appeared to him and said: ^(A)“Do not go down to Egypt; live in ^(B)the land of which I shall tell you. ^3 (C)Dwell in this land, and ^(D)I will be with you and ^(E)bless you; for to you and your descendants ^(F)I give all these lands, and I will perform ^(G)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. ⁴ And ^(H)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; ^(I)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; ^5 (J)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

^13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: ^(B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; ^(C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. ¹⁴ Also your ^(D)descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad ^(E)to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and ^(F)in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ¹⁵ Behold, ^(G)I am with you and will ^(H)keep^[a] you wherever you go, and will ^(I)bring you back to this land; for ^(J)I will not leave you ^(K)until I have done what I have spoken to you.”