Genesis 15:17-19

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁷Then when the sun had gone down and it was dark, suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the pieces. ¹⁸On that day the Lord made^[a] a covenant with Abram. He said, “To your descendants I have given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates. ¹⁹I will give you the territory of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

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Footnotes

Genesis 15:18 The Hebrew expression for make a covenant is literally cut a covenant. Perhaps this is a reflection of the cutting of the animals.

Genesis 15:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch^(A) appeared and passed between the pieces.^(B) ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram^(C) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,^(D) from the Wadi^[a] of Egypt^(E) to the great river, the Euphrates^(F)— ¹⁹the land of the Kenites,^(G) Kenizzites, Kadmonites,