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Genesis 15:9-11
New English Translation
Genesis 15:9-11
New English Translation
9 The Lord[a] said to him, “Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.” 10 So Abram[b] took all these for him and then cut them in two[c] and placed each half opposite the other,[d] but he did not cut the birds in half. 11 When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
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- Genesis 15:9 tn Heb “He”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 15:10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 15:10 tn Heb “in the middle.”
- Genesis 15:10 tn Heb “to meet its neighbor.”sn For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15, ” JSOT 19 (1981): 61-78.
Genesis 15:9-11
New International Version
Genesis 15:9-11
New International Version
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(A) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(B) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(C)”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(D) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(E) 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,(F) but Abram drove them away.
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