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Genesis 15:15-17
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Genesis 15:15-17
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15 “You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace and will be buried with your family. 16 After four generations your people will come to this land again and defeat the Amorites. That will happen in the future because the Amorites are not yet guilty enough to lose their land.”
17 After the sun went down, it got very dark. The dead animals were still on the ground, each animal cut into two pieces. Then a smoking firepot[a] and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.[b]
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- Genesis 15:17 firepot A clay pot in which burning coals were placed to be used for starting new fires.
- Genesis 15:17 passed between … animals This showed that God “signed” or “sealed” the agreement he made with Abram. People showed that they were sincere in making an agreement by walking between the parts of animals that had been cut into pieces and saying something like, “May this same thing happen to me if I don’t keep the agreement.”
Genesis 15:15-17
New International Version
Genesis 15:15-17
New International Version
15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(A) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(B) 16 In the fourth generation(C) your descendants will come back here,(D) for the sin of the Amorites(E) has not yet reached its full measure.”
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(F) appeared and passed between the pieces.(G)
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