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Whenוַיְהִיthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁhad gone downבָּאָהandוַit wasהָיָהdark,עֲלָטָהlook,וְהִנֵּהa smokingעָשָׁןovenתַנּוּרand a torchוְלַפִּידof fireאֵשׁthatאֲשֶׁרpassedעָבַרbetweenבֵּיןtheseהָאֵלֶּהpieces.הַגְּזָרִים
Genesis 15:17
Study it in the app“When the sun had gone down and it was dark, look, a smoking oven and a torch of fire that passed between these pieces.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 15:17, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- had gone downבָּאָהbaa
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “baa” appears- darkעֲלָטָהalata
thick darkness
Thick darkness, dusk.
Where else “alata” appears- a smokingעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears- ovenתַנּוּרtanur
firepot, oven
Small clay oven, like a brazier.
Where else “tanur” appears- and a torchלַפִּידlapid
torch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapid” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- passedעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- piecesגְּזָרִיםgezarim
piece
Piece, part cut off.
Where else “gezarim” appears
The context
16And in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 · This verse (above)
18On that day YHWH made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
To study Genesis 15 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?