Genesis 15:11

And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

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In The King James Version

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

In Context

10Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.

12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 17:7And there was another large eagle, with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine seemed to bend its roots towards him, extending its branches toward him, so that he might irrigate it from the garden of its germination.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:8-12

7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 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. 10 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. 11 And when the fowls… Read the whole commentary →

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