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Genesis 15:10

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15:10 So Abram 1  took all these for him and then cut them in two 2  and placed each half opposite the other, 3  but he did not cut the birds in half.

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “in the middle.”

3 tn Heb “to meet its neighbor.”

sn For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15,” JSOT 19 (1981): 61-78.



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