KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 15:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
WEB World English Bible
He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
ASV American Standard Version
And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;
Surrounding context — Genesis 15
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 came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
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;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeל֣וֹH9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֵ֗לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוַיְבַתֵּ֤רH1334 · ba.tarto cut upאֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]בַּתָּ֔וֶךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstוַיִּתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאִישׁ־H376 · ishmanבִּתְר֖וֹH1335 · be.terpartלִקְרַ֣אתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetרֵעֵ֑הוּH7453 · re.aneighborוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצִפֹּ֖רH6833 · tsip.porbirdלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotבָתָֽר׃H1334 · ba.tarto cut up
Cross-references
Leviticus 1:17And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, [but] shall not divide [it] asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that [is] upon the fire: it [is] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.Jeremiah 34:18-19And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,Genesis 15:17And 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.2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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