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Genesis 15

Gen. 15:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, that, when the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
went down
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
, and it was dark
`alatah (Hebrew #5939)
dusk
KJV usage: dark, twilight.
Pronounce: al-aw-taw'
Origin: feminine from an unused root meaning to cover
, behold a smoking
`ashan (Hebrew #6227)
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
KJV usage: smoke(-ing).
Pronounce: aw-shawn'
Origin: from 6225
furnace
tannuwr (Hebrew #8574)
a fire-pot
KJV usage: furnace, oven.
Pronounce: tan-noor'
Origin: from 5216
, and κa burning
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
lamp
lappiyd (Hebrew #3940)
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV usage: (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Pronounce: lap-peed'
Origin: or lappid {lap-peed'}
that passed
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
between
beyn (Hebrew #996)
properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
KJV usage: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine)
those pieces
gezer (Hebrew #1506)
something cut off; a portion
KJV usage: part, piece.
Pronounce: gheh'-zer
Origin: from 1504
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a lamp of fire.

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Furnace,
Lamp,
Sun

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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smoking.
Ex. 3:2‑3• 2And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.
 3And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt. (Ex. 3:2‑3)
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Deut. 4:20• 20But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day. (Deut. 4:20)
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Judg. 6:21• 21And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight. (Judg. 6:21)
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Judg. 13:20• 20And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground. (Judg. 13:20)
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1 Chron. 21:26• 26And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. (1 Chron. 21:26)
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Isa. 62:1• 1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth. (Isa. 62:1)
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Jer. 11:4• 4which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Hearken unto my voice and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: (Jer. 11:4)
a burning lamp.
Heb. a lamp of fire.
2 Sam. 22:9• 9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it. (2 Sam. 22:9)
passed.
Jer. 34:18‑19• 18And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me,--the calf which they cut in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
 19--the princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf; (Jer. 34:18‑19)
• On the cross, too, He submitted to "the smoking furnace," and under the searchings of that fire vindicated the righteousness of God by the wrath which He endured, whilst the offended holiness found its food and satisfaction in the perfection of the offering, which it consumed. (“The Smoking Furnace and the Burning Lamp” by J.E. Batten)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, thatb behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "gone down, it was dark, and."