9 So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10 Then he brought all these to Him and Gen. 15:17; Jer. 34:18cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut Lev. 1:17the birds in two.
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that Jer. 34:18, 19passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the LordGen. 24:7made a covenant with Abram, saying:
Gen. 12:7; 17:8; Ex. 23:31; Num. 34:3; Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:4; 21:43; Acts 7:5"To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—