¹⁷When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch^z appeared and passed between the pieces.^a ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram^b and said, “To your descendants I give this land,^c from the Wadi^e of Egypt^d to the great river, the Euphrates^e—

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z Jdg 7:16, 20; 15:4, 5
aSee ver 10
b Ge 17:2, 4, 7; Ex 6:4; 34:10, 27; 1 Ch 16:16; Ps 105:9
cSee Ge 12:7
d Nu 34:5; Jos 15:4, 47; 1 Ki 8:65; 2 Ki 24:7; 2 Ch 7:8; Isa 27:12; Jer 37:5; 46:2; La 4:17; Eze 30:22; 47:19
eSee Ge 2:14

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

NLTNew Living Translation

After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And after the sun had gone down and it was dusk, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between those half pieces. On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram saying, “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,

KJV 1900King 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 the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

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