Editing Abraham (section)

===Covenant of the pieces===
{{see also|Covenant of the pieces}}

The voice of the Lord came to Abram in a vision and repeated the promise of the land and descendants as numerous as the stars. Abram and God made a covenant ceremony, and God told of the future bondage of Israel in Egypt. God described to Abram the land that his offspring would claim: the land of the [[Kenites]], [[Kenizzite]]s, [[Kadmonites]], [[Biblical Hittites|Hittites]], [[Perizzites]], Rephaims, [[Amorites]], [[Canaanites]], [[Girgashites]], and [[Jebusite]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zeligs |first=Dorothy F. |date=1961 |title=Abraham and the Covenant of the Pieces: A Study in Ambivalence |journal=American Imago |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=173–186 |jstor=26301751 |issn=0065-860X}}</ref>