Gen 15:17 | NET2full | STEP | When the sun had gone down and it was dark , a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts .

‏ Genesis 15:17

17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch ^{▼▼sn A smoking pot with a flaming torch. These same implements were used in Mesopotamian rituals designed to ward off evil (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [AB], 113-14).} passed between the animal parts. ^{▼▼tn Heb “these pieces.”}