Genesis 15:11

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when the birds of prey swooped down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Cross References

Matthew 13:4

And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth.

Ezekiel 17:7

There was also another great eagle [the Egyptian king] with great wings and many feathers; and behold, this vine [Zedekiah] bent its roots [languishingly] toward him and shot forth its branches toward him, away from the beds of its planting, for him to water.

Ezekiel 17:3

Say, Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle [Nebuchadnezzar] with great wings and long pinions, rich in feathers of various colors, came to Lebanon [symbolic of Jerusalem] and took the top of the cedar [tree].

Genesis 15:10

And he brought Him all these and cut them down the middle [into halves] and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.

Genesis 15:12

When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram, and a horror (a terror, a shuddering fear) of great darkness assailed and oppressed him.