11Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.


In Context

8 But Abram said, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"

9 So the Lord said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."

10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.

11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

13 Then the Lord said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Genesis 15:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:11And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:11And when the fowls came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.