Genesis 15:10
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
In context
8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
11 And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
Genesis 15:10 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
- KJV King James Version
- And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.