Genesis 15:11
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And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

fowls.

Ezekiel 17:3,7 And say: Thus saith the Lord God; A large eagle with great wings, long-limbed, full of feathers, and of variety, came to Libanus, and took away the marrow of the cedar. . . .

Matthew 13:4 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

Abram.

Psalm 119:13 With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

Context
God Confirms His Promise
10And 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. 11And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.…
Cross References
Genesis 15:10
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.

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

Lexicon
And the birds of prey
הָעַ֖יִט (hā·‘a·yiṭ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5861: A hawk, other bird of prey

descended
וַיֵּ֥רֶד (way·yê·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the carcasses,
הַפְּגָרִ֑ים (hap·pə·ḡā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6297: A carcase, an idolatrous image

but Abram
אַבְרָֽם׃ (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

drove them away.
וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב (way·yaš·šêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5380: To blow, to disperse


Additional Translations
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.And when the fowls came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.

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

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
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