⁹ And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

¹⁰ And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.

¹¹ And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.