God reassures Abram the His promises will come to pass and He counts Abram righteous because of his faith in God. Then God cuts a covenant with Abram after informing Abram of how the people will come to possess the land. But instead of binding both Himself and Abram to the covenant stipulations, God swears by Himself showing that this covenant is unconditional on Abram's Part.

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