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Genesis 15:11Gen.15.11

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד הָ/עַ֖יִט עַל הַ/פְּגָרִ֑ים וַ/יַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖/ם אַבְרָֽם

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Les oiseaux de proie s'abattirent sur les cadavres; et Abram les chassa.

KJV

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit

    περὶ τῶν ἀτμήτων καὶ ἀδιαιρέτων ὀρνέων φησὶν ἑξῆς· „κατέβη δὲ ὄρνεα ἐπὶ τὰ σώματα, τὰ διχοτομήματα“ (Gen. 15, 11), ὁμωνυμίᾳ μὲν χρησάμενος, τὴν δὲ πραγματικὴν διαμάχην ἐναργέστατα τοῖς ὁρᾶν δυναμένοις διασυνιστάς· παρὰ φύσιν γάρ ἐστι τὸ καταβαίνειν ὄρνεα, τοῦ μετεωροπολεῖν ἕνεκα…
  • Philo Judaeus

    Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit

    ῶν ἐμφορεῖσθαι, ὧν τὰς ἐφόδους καὶ ἐπιδρομὰς ἐπισχεῖν βουληθεὶς ὁ ἀστεῖος λέγεται αὐτοῖς συγκαθίσαι (Gen. 15,11), οἷα πρόεδρός τις ἢ πρόβουλος ὤν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ καὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα ὑπὸ ἐμφυλίου στάσεως διειστήκει καὶ τὰ ἐχθρὰ στίφη διεφέρετο, βουλὴν ἁπάντων συναγαγὼν ἐσκόπει περὶ τῶν διαφ…
  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas

    essive thoughts, as shown by Abraham, who drove away birds that swooped down on his sacrifice to God Genesis 15:11. During the sacrifice of prayer, unwelcome thoughts can intrude and pollute the hearts of the just. But when these thoughts are quickly driven away with discretion,…

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