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Genesis 15:10

8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

11 And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

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BSB
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
KJV
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.
WEB
He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
ASV
And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.
DARBY
And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.
BLB
And he brought to Him all these, and he cut them in two in the middle and placed each piece opposite the other; and the bird he did not cut in two.
ÅB
Så hentet han alt dette til ham og skar dyrene midt over og la det ene stykket av hvert dyr rett imot det andre; men fuglene skar han ikke over.
OTB
Abram brakte alt dette til Ham, delte dem i to, og la halvdelene overfor hverandre; men han delte ikke fuglene.
B1930
Så hentet han alt dette til ham og skar dyrene midt over og la det ene stykket av hvert dyr rett imot det andre; men fuglene skar han ikke over.

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  • Jeremiah 34:18–19

    And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.

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  • Leviticus 1:17

    He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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  • Genesis 15:17

    When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

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