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Genesis 15:17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

KJV

Cum ergo occubuisset sol, facta est caligo tenebrosa, et apparuit clibanus fumans, et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.

Vulgate

ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐγίνετο ὁ ἥλιος πρὸς δυσμαῖς, φλὸξ ἐγένετο· καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίβανος καπνιζόμενος καὶ λαμπάδες πυρός, αἳ διῆλθον ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτομημάτων τούτων.

LXX

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֤י הַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה וַ/עֲלָטָ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְ/לַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר בֵּ֖ין הַ/גְּזָרִ֥ים הָ/אֵֽלֶּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גְּזָרִ֥ים
gzrym
noun · 2×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לַפִּ֥יד
lpyd
noun · 14×
עֲלָטָ֣ה
'lth
noun · 4×
עָשָׁ֣ן
'shn
noun · 24×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
תַּנּ֔וּר
tnvr
noun · 13×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

Chapter 8.—Of the Miracles Which God Has Condescended to Adhibit Through the Ministry of Angels, to His Promises for the Confirmation of the Faith of the Godly. I should seem tedious were I to recount all the ancient miracles, which were wrought in attestation of God’s promises which He made to Abraham thousands of years ago, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should…
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram. This chapter contains one of the most important passages in all of Scripture: Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. This is the very foundation of justification by faith. The covenant ceremony with the divided animals is a solemn ratification, in which God alone passes between the pieces, sh…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 21:26 — And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
  • 1Kgs 18:38 — Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
  • 1Kgs 19:12 — And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
  • 2Chr 7:1 — Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
  • Exod 3:2 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
  • Ezek 1:13 — As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright,
  • Gen 4:4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
  • Gen 15:10 — 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.
  • Jer 11:4 — Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall
  • Jer 34:18 — And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the pa
  • Jer 34:18 — And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the pa
  • Judg 6:21 — Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the u
  • Lev 9:24 — And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  • Rev 9:2 — And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.