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Genesis 15:9-13

9And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him,Takeקְחָ֥הke.ChahH3947me anheiferעֶגְלָ֣ה'eg.LahH5697of three yearsoldמְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁתme.shu.Le.shetH8027, and a femalegoatוְעֵ֥זve.'EzH5795of three yearsoldמְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁתme.shu.Le.shetH8027, and aramוְאַ֣יִלve.'A.yilH352of three yearsoldמְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁme.shu.LashH8027, and aturtledoveוְתֹ֖רve.TorH8449, and a youngpigeonוְגוֹזָֽל׃ve.go.ZalH1469.

10And hetookוַיִּֽקַּֽח־vai.yi.kach-H3947to him all these, anddividedוַיְבַתֵּ֤רvay.va.TerH1334them in themidstבַּתָּ֔וֶךְba.Ta.vekhH8432, andlaidוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414eachאִישׁ־'ish-H376pieceבִּתְר֖וֹbit.RoH1335oneagainstH7125anotherרֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huH7453: but thebirdsהַצִפֹּ֖רha.tzi.PorH6833he did notdivideבָתָֽר׃va.TarH1334.

11And when thefowlsהָעַ֖יִטha.'A.yitH5861camedownוַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381upon thecarcasesהַפְּגָרִ֑יםha.pe.ga.RimH6297,Abramאַבְרָֽם׃'av.RamH87drove themawayוַיַּשֵּׁ֥בvai.ya.ShevH5380.

12And when thesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121was goingdownלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935, a deepsleepוְתַרְדֵּמָ֖הve.tar.de.MahH8639fellנָפְלָ֣הna.fe.LahH5307uponAbramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87; and, lo, anhorrorאֵימָ֛ה'ei.MahH367ofgreatגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419darknessחֲשֵׁכָ֥הcha.she.KhahH2825fellנֹפֶ֥לֶתno.Fe.letH5307upon him.

13And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toAbramלְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.RamH87,Knowיָדֹ֨עַya.Do.a'H3045certainlyתֵּדַ֜עte.Da'H3045that thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֗zar.'a.KhaH2233shall be astrangerגֵ֣ר׀gerH1616in alandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776that is not theirs, and shallserveוַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.DumH5647them; and they shallafflictוְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.NuH6031themfourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141;

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