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12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep,[a] and great terror overwhelmed him.[b]

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  1. Genesis 15:12 tn Heb “a deep sleep fell on Abram.”
  2. Genesis 15:12 tn Heb “and look, terror, a great darkness was falling on him.”

17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch[a] passed between the animal parts.[b]

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  1. Genesis 15:17 sn A smoking pot with a flaming torch. These same implements were used in Mesopotamian rituals designed to ward off evil (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [AB], 113-14).
  2. Genesis 15:17 tn Heb “these pieces.”