NET Bible
"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."
— Genesis 15:10, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The LORD said to him,“I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?”
The LORD said to him,“Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
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.
When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.
Then the LORD said to Abram,“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.