Chapter 15
Genesis 15:11
RBT Translation:
And the ravenous birds descend upon the corpses, and he causes Raised-Father to blow them.570
RBT Paraphrase:
And the ravenous/predator birds are descending upon the [dead] corpses, and Lifted Up Father is blowing eternally themselves.
And the ravenous/predator birds are descending upon the [dead] corpses, and Lifted Up Father is blowing eternally themselves.
LITV Translation:
And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
ESV Translation:
And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
Footnotes
570 | Strong’s #5380, nashab. To blow. This verb appears in two other places. “he is sending out his word and is causing them to melt, he causes his spirit to blow, the dual-waters are dripping.” Psalm 147:18 literal. “The grass has withered, the flower has been foolish, for the spirit of Yahweh has blown in him; indeed the people are grass.” Isaiah 40:7 literal. |