Genesis 15:11
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
In context
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.
13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Genesis 15:11 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
- KJV King James Version
- And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
- WEB World English Bible
- The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.