Genesis 15:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
  • Ezek 17:3 : 3 Say to them:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
  • Ezek 17:7 : 7 “‘There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
  • Matt 13:4 : 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

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    9 The LORD 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.”

    10 So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

  • 12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

  • 26 Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

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

  • Lev 11:14-15
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    14 the kite, the buzzard of any kind,

    15 every kind of crow,

  • Gen 14:13-15
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    13 A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner.(All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)

    14 When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan.

    15 Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

  • 33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.

  • 5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

  • 18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • 16 Then the priest must remove its entrails by cutting off its tail feathers, and throw them to the east side of the altar into the place of fatty ashes,

  • 13 the kite, the black kite, the dayyah after its species,

  • 20 Clean and Unclean Insects“‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

  • 1 The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

  • 7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

  • 10 The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

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    5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

    6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

  • 15 the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species,

  • 28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

  • 6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

  • 11 All ritually clean birds you may eat.