Genesis 15:11

And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon 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, bending as it were her roots towards him, stretched forth her branches to him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

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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