Kejadian 15:9-11

15:9 The Lord ¹  said to him, “Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.” 15:10 So Abram ²  took all these for him and then cut them in two ³  and placed each half opposite the other, ⁴  but he did not cut the birds in half. 15:11 When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

[15:9]  ¹ tn Heb “He”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:10]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:10]  ³ tn Heb “in the middle.”

[15:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “to meet its neighbor.”

[15:10]  sn For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15,” JSOT 19 (1981): 61-78.