"And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away." — Genesis 15:11

Genesis 15:11 · KJV

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

— Genesis 15:11

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.

Verse 12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Genesis 15 — Context

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

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.

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

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land {that is} not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Cross References

Matthew 13:4

And when he sowed, some {seeds} fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Psalms 119:13

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Ezekiel 17:7

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Ezekiel 17:3

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: {divers...: Heb. embroidering}