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Genesis 15:17
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KJ21
And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.
ASV
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
AMP
When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals].
AMPC
When the sun had gone down and a [thick] darkness had come on, behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between those pieces.
BRG
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.
CSB
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.
CSBA
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking brazier and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.
CEB
After the sun had set and darkness had deepened, a smoking vessel with a fiery flame passed between the split-open animals.
CJB
After the sun had set and there was thick darkness, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared, which passed between these animal parts.
CEV
Sometime after sunset, when it was very dark, a smoking cooking pot and a flaming fire passed between the two halves of each animal.
DARBY
And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.
DRA
And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.
ERV
After 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 and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.
EASY
Then the sun went down and it became dark. Abram saw a pot that had coals in it. The coals were burning and making smoke. There was also a branch that burned with bright fire. These passed between the halves of the animals that Abram had cut in two pieces.
EHV
Then when the sun had gone down and it was dark, suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the pieces.
ESV
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
ESVUK
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
EXB
After the sun went down, it was very dark. Suddenly a smoking firepot and a blazing torch [C fire and smoke often represent God] passed between the ·halves of the dead animals [L pieces; C a self-curse ritual; by passing between the pieces of the sacrifice, one vowed to keep an agreement or suffer the same fate as the animals].
GNV
Also when the sun went down, there was a darkness: and behold, a smoking furnace, and a firebrand, which went between those pieces.
GW
The sun had gone down, and it was dark. Suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the animal pieces.
GNT
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the pieces of the animals.
HCSB
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.
ICB
The sun went down, and it was very dark. Suddenly a smoking firepot and a blazing torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.
ISV
When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.
JUB
¶ 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.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
Now it happened that the sun had set, and it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.
LEB
And after the sun had gone down and it was dusk, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between those half pieces.
TLB
As the sun went down and it was dark, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch that passed between the halves of the carcasses.
MSG
When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses. That’s when God made a covenant with Abram: “I’m giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria—the country of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.” * * *
MEV
When the sun went down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot with a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
NOG
The sun had gone down, and it was dark. Suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the animal pieces.
NABRE
When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces.
NASB
Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which passed between these pieces.
NASB1995
It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.
NCB
When the sun set, it was dark, and a smoking brazier and a flaming torch passed between the carcasses of the animals that had been split in two.
NCV
After the sun went down, it was very dark. Suddenly a smoking firepot and a blazing torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.
NET
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
NIRV
The sun set and it became dark. Then a burning torch and a pot filled with smoking coals appeared. They passed between the pieces of the animals that had been cut in two.
NIV
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
NIVUK
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking brazier with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
NKJV
And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.
NLV
When the sun had gone down and it was very dark, a fire pot of smoke and a burning fire passed between these parts of animals.
NLT
After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
NRSVA
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire-pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
NRSVACE
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire-pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
NRSVCE
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
NRSVUE
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
OJB
And it came to pass, that, when the shemesh went down, and it was dark, hinei a smoking fire-pot, and a blazing torch passed between those pieces.
RGT
Also, when the Sun went down, there was a darkness. And behold, a smoking furnace and a firebrand, which went between those pieces.
RSV
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
RSVCE
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
TLV
When the sun set and it became dark, behold, there was a smoking oven and a fiery torch that passed between these pieces.
VOICE
When the sun had gone down and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the animal carcasses.
WEB
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
WYC
Therefore when the sun was gone down, a dark mist was made, and a furnace smoking appeared, and a lamp of fire, and (it) passed through those partings. (And when the sun had gone down, a dark mist came, and a smoking furnace appeared, and a lamp of fire which passed between the pieces of the animals.)
YLT
And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.
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