🌱WEB · Genesis 15:9

What does Genesis 15:9 mean?

"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.”"

— Genesis 15:9 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

6

He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.

7

He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

8

He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

9

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.”

10

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.

11

The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

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