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ברית בין הבתרים

Bris Bein HaBesarim: The Covenant Between the Parts

Count the stars, if you can count them.

וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הַבֶּט נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וּסְפֹר הַכּוֹכָבִים אִם תּוּכַל לִסְפֹּר אֹתָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ כֹּה יִהְיֶה זַרְעֶךָ׃

בראשית טו:ה

"He took him outside and said: Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him: So shall your offspring be."

Genesis 15:5

The birds came down. He drove them off.

וַיֵּרֶד הָעַיִט עַל הַפְּגָרִים וַיַּשֵּׁב אֹתָם אַבְרָם׃

בראשית טו:יא

"The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Avram drove them away."

Genesis 15:11

A smoking furnace. A torch of fire. Passing between the parts.

וַיְהִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בָּאָה וַעֲלָטָה הָיָה וְהִנֵּה תַנּוּר עָשָׁן וְלַפִּיד אֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָבַר בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃

בראשית טו:יז

"And it was, as the sun set and it was pitch dark, that behold, a smoking furnace and a torch of fire which passed between these parts."

Genesis 15:17

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