Catholic Public Domain Version
"Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide. "
— Genesis 15:10, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other: but the birds he divided not.”
“All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.”
“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.”
And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”
But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”
And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”
Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.
And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.
And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.