Genesis 15:9–10
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15:9The Lord31 said to him, “Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.” 15:10So Abram32 took all these for him and then cut them in two33 and placed each half opposite the other,34 but he did not cut the birds in half.
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- 31 Heb “He”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 32 Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 33 Heb “in the middle.”
- 34 Heb “to meet its neighbor.” For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15,” 19 (1981): 61–78.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He said to him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
So he brought all these to him, cut them in half, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The Lord told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and laid the halves side by side; he did not, however, cut the birds in half.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And he said to him, “Take for me a three-year-old heifer, and a three-year-old female goat, and a three-year-old ram, and a turtledove and a young pigeon.” And he took for him all these and cut them in pieces down the middle. And he put each piece opposite the other, but the birds he did not cut.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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. 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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