8 But he said, “O Lord God, ^mhow am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 And he brought him all these, ⁿcut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But ^ohe did not cut the birds in half.