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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 15, Verse 10

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And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
King James Version
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
American Standard Version
And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.
New English Translation
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.
World English Bible
He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds.
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And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
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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.
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In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
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And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,