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10 So Abram[a] took all these for him and then cut them in two[b] and placed each half opposite the other,[c] but he did not cut the birds in half.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 15:10 tn Heb “in the middle.”
  3. Genesis 15:10 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.