Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWhen the sun had fully set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot and a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces of the animals.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAnd it was — when the sun had gone down and deep twilight had fallen — look: a smoking oven and a blazing torch that passed between those pieces.
KJV
King James VersionAnd it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWhen the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Footnotes
tannur ashan (תַּנּוּר עָשָׁן) = smoking oven — the tannur is the clay bread-oven of everyday domestic life, here belching smoke. lapid esh (לַפִּיד אֵשׁ) = blazing torch. alata (עֲלָטָה) = deep twilight/thick darkness — a rare word for the moment night fully swallows the day. Both smoke and fire are established theophanic markers (cf. Ex. 3:2; 13:21; 19:18). Crucially, Avram is in deep sleep — incapable of participating. Only YHWH passes through, transforming a bilateral oath into a unilateral divine self-binding: YHWH alone swears; YHWH alone bears the penalty should the covenant fail.
