Genesis 15:17

And it came to pass, that, when the shemesh went down, and it was dark, hinei a smoking fire-pot, and a blazing torch passed between those pieces.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

In Context

16But in the fourth generation they shall come back here again; for the avon (iniquity) of the Emori (Amorite) is not yet full.

18On that day Hashem cut a brit (covenant) with Avram, saying, Unto thy zera have I given ha'aretz hazot, from the Wadi of Mitzrayim unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Cross References

Exodus 20:18And HaAm stood afar off, while Moshe drew near unto the thick cloud where HaElohim was.

Judges 6:21Then the Malach Hashem put forth the tip of the staff that was in his yad, and touched the basar and the matzot; and there rose up eish from the rock, and consumed the basar and the matzot. Then the Malach Hashem departed out of his sight.

2 Samuel 22:9There went up an ashan (smoke) out of His nostrils, 1 and eish out of His peh (mouth) devoured; 1 coals were kindled by it. 1

Isaiah 62:1For the sake of Tziyon will I not hold my peace 1 and for the sake of Yerushalayim I will not remain quiet, 1 until her tzedek go forth like nogah (brightness), 1 and her Yeshu'ah (Salvation) like a blazing lapid (torch), 1

Jeremiah 34:18And I will give the anashim that have transgressed My Brit, which have not performed the Devarim of the Brit (covenant) which they had cut before Me, when they cut the egel (calf) in two, and passed between the parts thereof,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:13-17

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the… Read the whole commentary →

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