Genesis 15:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking oven and a burning torch appeared and passed between the divided pieces.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And it came to pass, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, that, when the sun{H8121} went down,{H935} and it was dark,{H5939} behold, a smoking{H6227} furnace,{H8574} and a flaming{H784} torch{H3940} that passed{H5674} between{H996} these pieces.{H1506}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, that, when the sun{H8121} went down{H935}{(H8804)}, and it was dark{H5939}, behold a smoking{H6227} furnace{H8574}, and a burning{H784} lamp{H3940} that passed{H5674}{(H8804)} between{H996} those pieces{H1506}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So whan the Sonne was downe, and it was waxed darcke: Beholde, there smoked a fornace, and a fyre brande wente betwene ye partes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: & behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so it was, that when the sonne went downe, and it was twylyght, beholde a smokyng furnesse and a fire brande goyng betweene the said peeces.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 34:18-19 : 18 The men who violated my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and walked between its pieces. 19 The officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf—
  • Judg 6:21 : 21 Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of the staff that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the angel of the Lord disappeared from his sight.
  • 1 Chr 21:26 : 26 There David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of the burnt offering.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation like a blazing torch.
  • Jer 11:4 : 4 Which I commanded your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Obey my voice and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
  • Judg 13:20 : 20 When the flame rose from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell facedown to the ground.
  • 2 Sam 22:9 : 9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed out from him.
  • Exod 3:2-3 : 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was burning with fire, but it was not consumed. 3 So Moses said, 'I will turn aside to see this remarkable sight—why the bush is not burning up.'
  • Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His inheritance, as you are today.

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