Genesis 15:17

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.

Genesis 15:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 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.
ESV
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
NLT
17 After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
MSG
17 When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses.
CSB
17 When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided [animals].

Genesis 15:17 In-Context

15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Judges 7:16,20; Judges 15:4,5
  • 2. S ver 10
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