Genesis 15:10 “So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle,…”

Genesis 15:10

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not.

Darby Translation

And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.

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;

Bible in Basic English

All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

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Cross references

“divided them”

Jeremiah 34:18 Jeremiah 34:19 2 Timothy 2:15

Jeremiah 34:18 · BSB

And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.

Jeremiah 34:19 · BSB

The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,

2 Timothy 2:15 · BSB

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

“the birds”

Leviticus 1:17

Leviticus 1:17 · BSB

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Also

Genesis 15:17

Genesis 15:17 · BSB

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

11And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

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