Gen 15:17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 15:17-18: 15:17-18 smoking firepot ... flaming torch: Fire represented the Lord’s cleansing, consuming zeal and unapproachable holiness (cp. Isa 6:3-7 ). The holy God made (literally cut ) a unilateral covenant with Abram ; its promises were absolutely sure because they did not depend on what Abram or his descendants might do.

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‏ Genesis 15:17

Summary for Gen 15:17-18: 15:17-18 ^a smoking firepot ... flaming torch: Fire represented the Lord’s cleansing, consuming zeal and unapproachable holiness (cp. Isa 6:3-7 ^b). The holy God made (literally cut) a unilateral covenant with Abram; its promises were absolutely sure because they did not depend on what Abram or his descendants might do.