God Confirms His Promise
Genesis 15:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
- KJV
- And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
- WEB
- The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- ASV
- And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- LSV
- and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back.
- YLT
- and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
- DBY
- And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.
- DRC
- And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- GNV
- Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.
- JPS
- And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- LXXE
- And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.Or, drove them away. The LXX. seem to have read ישב for שוב
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Κατέβη δὲ ὄρνεα ἐπὶ τὰ σώματα, ἐπὶ τὰ διχοτομήματα αὐτῶν· καὶ συνεκάθισεν αὐτοῖς Ἅβραμ.
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- Matthew 13:4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
- Ezekiel 17:3and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
- Ezekiel 17:7But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
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