Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.
New American Standard Bible
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
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.
International Standard Version
When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking
Bible in Basic English
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sun shall be going down, and it was thick darkness, and behold a furnace of smoke and a lamp of fire that passed over between these pieces.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And after the sun had gone down and it [was] dusk, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between those half pieces.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, the sun went down, and it was dark and behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.
NET Bible
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
So it came to pass when, the sun, had gone in, and Ira thick darkness, had come on, that lo there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these pieces.
Webster
And it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By offering a sacrifice
The Covenant » Made with » Abraham
Covenants » Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices
Darkness » Caused by the setting of the sun
Fire » Miracles connected with » Miraculously descends upon, and consumes, abraham's sacrifice
Fire » A symbol » Of God's presence
Lamp » Miraculously appeared at abraham's sacrifice
Lamps » Illustrative » Of salvation of God
Lamps » Described as » Burning
Miracles » Catalogue of » The fire on abraham's sacrifice
Offerings » Burnt » Offered daily, morning and evening
Sacrifices » The covenants of God confirmed by
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 15:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Covenant With Abram
16 and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full." 17 When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces. 18 And that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt, even unto the great river Euphrates:
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Cross References
Jeremiah 34:18-19
Yea, those men that have broken my covenant, and not kept the words of the covenant which they made before me - when they hewed the calf in two, and when there went through the two halves thereof -
Exodus 3:2-3
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of a bush. And he perceived that the bush burned with fire, and consumed not.
Deuteronomy 4:20
For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the flesh and the cakes. And there arose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished out of his sight.
Judges 13:20
For when the flame came up out of the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked upon and fell flat on their faces unto the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and consuming fire out of his mouth, that coals were kindled of him.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings and called unto the LORD and he heard him from heaven in fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.
Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded unto your fathers; what time as I brought them out of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Be obedient unto my voice, and do according to all that I commanded you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,