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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Pharaoh"s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father"s God, and I will exalt him.

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their"s, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.