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- When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. New Living Translation After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
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Dec 23, 2015 · In this passage God makes a covenant with Abram, a covenant that was more than just a promise or an oath, but included the ancient ritual of walking between the two halves of sacrificed animals. Why did God appear as a firepot and torch to Abram here?
NLT After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. KJV 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.
When the sun had gone down, and thick darkness had come on (היה impersonal), "behold a smoking furnace, and (with) a fiery torch, which passed between those pieces," - a description of what Abram saw in his deep prophetic sleep, corresponding to the mysterious character of the whole proceeding.
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Genesis 15 describes two visions. The high point of the first vision (v. 1-11) occurs when Abram was declared righteous because he believed in God (Genesis 15:6). Romans 4:13-24 uses Abram as an illustration that salvation is by faith. We are not saved by doing good deeds. Because Abram believed God, the land promised in the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen...
Beginning with Genesis 15:12, Abram entered into a deep sleep as the sun was setting. The time of the night would have been somewhere between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm in Israel. The Hebrew word for “deep sleep” is tardema. Genesis 2:21 tells us that Adam fell into tardema. It is commonly used for divine revelations (Job 4:13; 33:15; Isaiah 29:10). Abram...
The question we are interested in is “What does the smoking oven and flaming torch in Genesis 15:17-21 represent?” A wide variety of opinions exist as to the symbolic meaning of the smoking firepot and the flaming torch. Two views have been given already in the quotes above. Here are seven more viewpoints. Several of them are almost identical. Alle...
Before the recommended view is given, notice that verse 17 tells us the smoking oven and a flaming torch “passed between these pieces,” that is, the animal pieces. Typically, covenants were ratified by a sacrificial offering (Exodus 24:1-8). But this covenant was ratified when two or more people passed between the animal pieces. It is described in ...
After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. English Standard Version. When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. Berean Standard Bible.
Feb 11, 2016 · Genesis 15:17 After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. So what do the smoking fire pot and the flaming torch symbolize?
Oct 4, 2024 · As Abraham diligently follows God’s instructions, he finds himself in a deep sleep, and a dreadful darkness envelops him. Yet, in the midst of this darkness, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch pass between the divided pieces of the sacrifice. This imagery holds profound significance.
