Genesis 15:17-19

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¹⁷After the sun went down, it got very dark. The dead animals were still on the ground, each animal cut into two pieces. Then a smoking firepot^[a] and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.^[b]

¹⁸So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt^[c] and the great river Euphrates. ¹⁹This is the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

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Footnotes

Genesis 15:17 firepot A clay pot in which burning coals were placed to be used for starting new fires.
Genesis 15:17 passed between … animals This showed that God “signed” or “sealed” the agreement he made with Abram. People showed that they were sincere in making an agreement by walking between the parts of animals that had been cut into pieces and saying something like, “May this same thing happen to me if I don’t keep the agreement.”
Genesis 15:18 River of Egypt That is, the stream called “Wadi El-Arish.”