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Genesis 15:11

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

KJV

Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera, et abigebat eas Abram.

Vulgate

κατέβη δὲ ὄρνεα ἐπὶ τὰ σώματα, τὰ διχοτομήματα αὐτῶν· καὶ συνεκάθισεν αὐτοῖς Ἀβράμ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד הָ/עַ֖יִט עַל הַ/פְּגָרִ֑ים וַ/יַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖/ם אַבְרָֽם

Hebrew

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People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּשֵּׁ֥ב
yshb
verb · 3×
עַ֖יִט
'yt
noun · 8×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְּגָרִ֥ים
pgrym
noun · 22×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 8:5 — A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
  • Matt 13:4 — And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: