Genesis 15:10

And he brought before Him all these. And be divided them equally, and set the divisions a division against his fellow; but the birds he did not divide.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9And He said to him, Bring Me three calves, and three goats, and three rams, and a turtle dove, and the young of a pigeon.

11And the fowl descended upon the divisions, and Abram drave them away.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:17And it was at the going away of the sun, and there was darkness. And behold a furnace that burned, and a flame of fire which passed between those divisions.

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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