Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. New Living Translation Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away. English Standard Version And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. Berean Standard Bible And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. King James Bible And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. New King James Version And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. New American Standard Bible And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. NASB 1995 The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. NASB 1977 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Legacy Standard Bible Then the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Amplified Bible The birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. Christian Standard Bible Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. Holman Christian Standard Bible Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. American Standard Version And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And a bird of prey was descending on the carcasses and Abram was driving it off. Brenton Septuagint Translation And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them. Contemporary English Version And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away. Douay-Rheims Bible And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away. English Revised Version And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away. GOD'S WORD® Translation When birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. Good News Translation Vultures came down on the bodies, but Abram drove them off. International Standard Version When birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Literal Standard Version and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back. Majority Standard Bible And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. New American Bible Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them away. NET Bible When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. New Revised Standard Version And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. New Heart English Bible And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. Webster's Bible Translation And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. World English Bible The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Young's Literal Translation and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Confirms His Promise…10So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half. 11And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. 12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.… Cross References Genesis 15:10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half. Genesis 15:12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. Treasury of Scripture And when the fowls came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. fowls. Ezekiel 17:3,7 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: … Matthew 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Abram. Psalm 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. Jump to Previous Abram Birds Bodies Carcases Carcasses Causeth Drove Evil Fowls Prey Ravenous Scared TurnJump to Next Abram Birds Bodies Carcases Carcasses Causeth Drove Evil Fowls Prey Ravenous Scared TurnGenesis 15 1. God encourages Abram, who asks for an heir.4. God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6. Abram is justified by faith. 7. Canaan is promised again, 9. and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, 18. prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt. (11) And when the fowls . . . --Heb., And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram scared them away. Had there been a sacrifice the fire would have kept the vultures from approaching; but the bodies lay exposed, and Abram therefore kept guard over them, lest the purpose of the ceremonial should be frustrated by any want of respect shown to the outward symbols.Verse 11. - And when the fowls - literally, and the bird of prey, a collective singular with the article, as in Genesis 14:13, symbolizing the Egyptians and other adversaries of Israel, as in Ezekiel 17:3, 7, 12; Ezekiel 39:4, 17; Revelation 19:17, 18 (Knobel, Rosenmüller, Lunge, Keil, Kalisch), which may be regarded as probable if the divided victims represented Israel in affliction, which is doubtful (vide supra). It does not appear necessary to attach any special significance to the descent of the vultures, which are always attracted towards carrion, and the introduction of which here completes the naturalness of the scene - came down upon the caresses (the LXX. interpolates, ἐπὶ τὰ διχοτομήματα), Abram drove them away. Literally, caused them to be blown away, i.e. by blowing. "Though Abram is here represented as the instrument, yet the effect is to be ascribed primarily to the tutelar agency of omnipotence" (Bush; cf. Exodus 15:10; Ezekiel 21:31). The act of scaring the voracious birds has been taken to represent the ease with which Abram or Israel would ward off his enemies (Jonathan, Targums, Rosenmüller, Bush); the averting of destruction from the Israelites through Abram's merit (Kalisch, Keil); Abram's religious regard for and observance of God's treaty (Wordsworth); the patriarch's expectation that God was about to employ the sacrificial victims for some holy purpose (Alford); simply his anxiety to preserve the victims pure and un-mutilated for whatever end they might have to serve (Murphy). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the birds of preyהָעַ֖יִט (hā·‘a·yiṭ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5861: A hawk, other bird of prey descended וַיֵּ֥רֶד (way·yê·reḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the carcasses, הַפְּגָרִ֑ים (hap·pə·ḡā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6297: A carcase, an idolatrous image but Abram אַבְרָֽם׃ (’aḇ·rām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 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 5380: To blow, to disperse Links Genesis 15:11 NIVGenesis 15:11 NLT Genesis 15:11 ESV Genesis 15:11 NASB Genesis 15:11 KJV Genesis 15:11 BibleApps.com Genesis 15:11 Biblia Paralela Genesis 15:11 Chinese Bible Genesis 15:11 French Bible Genesis 15:11 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 15:11 The birds of prey came down (Gen. 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