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Genesis 15:9

So He said to him, "Bring Me a 3 year old heifer, a 3 year old female goat, a 3 year old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

Mt. 15:10

Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.

Genesis 15:11

And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

iii. The symbolism was plain: first, this is a covenant so serious it is sealed with blood; second, if I break this covenant, let this same bloodshed be poured out on my animals and me!

iv. There is no mistake about it: when Abram has his doubts, and wants assurance from the Lord, God says to him plainly, "let's sign a contract and settle this once for all."

D. Guzik note

Genesis 15:12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

Genesis 15:13

And God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.

Genesis 15:14

"But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve; and afterward they will come out with many possessions.

Genesis 15:15

"And as for you, you shal go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:16

"Then in the 4th generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

Genesis 15:17

It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

Genesis 15:18

On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying:

"To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--

Genesis 15:19

"the Kenites, the Kenezzites, and the Kadmonites;

Genesis 15:20

"the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim;

Genesis 15:21

"the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girhashites, and the Jebusites.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:2

So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:3

Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt 10 years in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 16:4

So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes.

Genesis 16:5

Then Sarai said to Abram, "M wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and me."

Genesis 16:6

So Abram said to Sarai, "Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please." And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.