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#16 | Genesis ch.15 - Brit Bein Habetarim. The Covenant Between the Pieces
Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago
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In this chapter, Avraham challenges God.
He says - You promised me offspring, and yet I cannot have children! - You promised a land. How will that ever happen?
Avraham asks for assurances from God.
And God understands that Avraham needs that reassurance.
God offers a Brit - a pact, a contract, a covenant - and this covenant has some interesting imagery - animals cut in two, birds of prey, fire and smoke, a sky filled with stars. What does it all mean?
Today we explore this dramatic exchange, and the meaning behind the imagery.