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Genesis 15:9

Covenant and promises

7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

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

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.”

10 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.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
DARBY
And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
BLB
And He said to him, “Bring Me a heifer being three years [old], and a female goat being three years [old], and a ram being three years [old], and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
ÅB
Da sa han til ham: Hent meg en treårsgammel kvige og en treårsgammel geit og en treårsgammel vær og en turteldue og en dueunge.
OTB
Så sa Herren til ham: «Bring meg en tre år gammel kvige, en tre år gammel geit, en tre år gammel vær, en due og en ung due.»
B1930
Da sa han til ham: Hent mig en treårsgammel kvige og en treårsgammel gjet og en treårsgammel vær og en turteldue og en dueunge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 14:22

    and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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  • Leviticus 14:30

    Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,

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  • Luke 2:24

    and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

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  • Leviticus 3:6

    If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.

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  • Leviticus 3:1

    “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 1:14

    If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

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  • Leviticus 9:2

    He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 1:10

    If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.

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