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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 15:9 in context
Genesis 15:6–12
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He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
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He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
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He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
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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.”
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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.
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The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
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