Genesis 15:10
10So Abram ▼▼tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
took all these for him and then cut them in two ▼▼tn Heb “in the middle.”
and placed each half opposite the other, ▼▼tn Heb “to meet its neighbor.”
▼▼sn For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15,” JSOT 19 (1981): 61-78.
but he did not cut the birds in half.
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