Verse 11
Genesis 15:11
New Living Translation
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Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד הָ/עַ֖יִט עַל הַ/פְּגָרִ֑ים וַ/יַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖/ם אַבְרָֽם
English Translation
And the bird of prey descended upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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Chapter 15 Context
1
Some time later, the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for...
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But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son?...
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You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.”
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Then the LORD said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your...
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Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you c...
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And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.
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Then the LORD told him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this l...
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8
But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
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9
The LORD told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old...
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10
So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and lai...
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Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
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As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over hi...
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13
Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign l...
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14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealt...
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15
(As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)
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After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites...
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17
After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass betw...
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So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendant...
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19
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
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Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
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Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
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