Gen 15:10 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

Genesis 15:10

10 So 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.