BRAGADAYJAH 41

It would seem that God was angry at Abram because he yet doubted Him. So in reply to his question, God instructed him to kill a three year old heifer, a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, a turtledove and a young pigeon, and Abram obeyed and waited as he kept watch over the pieces of flesh he had cut up and laid side by side. Each time the birds swooped down to eat of the preparation, Abram drove them away and waited. What was God going to say to him? What was going to happen next? Abram had no idea; so he waited. One may but guess the thoughts that flooded Abram’s thoughts. Was God going to make a grand appearance? Was He going to do something spectacular? Abram waited. At nightfall he fell asleep and while he slept, he slipped into a dark and dreadful dream. In his dream God told him he shall surely produce seed; but his seed shall go into captivity and be afflicted four hundred years. They shall be enslaved; but God shall also judge that nation, out of which his people shall eventually come with great substance. And he Abram God assured him, shall die at a good old age. Later in the night, in the midst of the darkness, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp appeared and roasted all the pierces of meat; and God spoke again to Abram and again renewed His covenant with him, “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the rivers of Egypt unto the great river Euphrates.” All this land have I given to your children for an inheritance. More