Genesis 15:17
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.
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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.
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.
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 And I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts: 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
- Judg 6:21 : 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
- 1 Chr 21:26 : 26 And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
- Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines forth like brightness, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
- Jer 11:4 : 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall you be my people, and I will be your God:
- Judg 13:20 : 20 For it happened, when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife watched it and fell on their faces to the ground.
- 2 Sam 22:9 : 9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.
- Exod 3:2-3 : 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.
- Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.
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7 And He said to him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And He said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took all these to him, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece against another: but he did not divide the birds.
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13 And He said to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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18 Then Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.
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