Genesis 15:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

and he takes all these to Him, and separates them in the midst, and puts each piece opposite its fellow, but the bird he has not divided;

YLT

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;

DBY

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.

DRC

And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

GNV

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.

JPS

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.

LXXE

So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֗לֶּה וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br

Ἔλαβε δὲ αὐτῷ πάντα ταῦτα, καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτὰ μέσα, καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὰ ἀντιπρόσωπα ἀλλήλοις· τὰ δὲ ὄρνεα οὐ διεῖλε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 34:18–19And 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. The officials of Judah…
• Leviticus 1:17He 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, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Genesis 15:17When 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.
• 2 Timothy 2:15Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

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