Genesis 15:17

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces.

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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

16In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”

18On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—

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Cross References

Exodus 20:18All the people saw the thundering and the lightning, and heard the voice of the trumpet, and saw the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled and stood far off.

Judges 6:21Then the angel of Yahweh reached out with the end of the staff in his hand. With it he touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; a fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of Yahweh went away and Gideon could no longer see him.

2 Samuel 22:9Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, 1 and blazing fire came out of his mouth. 1 Coals were ignited by it. 1

Isaiah 62:1For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, 1 until her righteousness proceeds brightly, and her salvation as a burning torch. 1

Jeremiah 34:18Then I will deal with the people who have broken my covenant, who did not keep the words of the covenant that they established before me when they cut a bull in two and walked between its parts,

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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