King James Version

Genesis 15:11

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

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וַיֵּ֥רֶדvayeredand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…הָעַ֖יִטhaayitthe birdעַיִטdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bird”, the ordinary formH5861a hawk or other bird of preybird, fowl, ravenous (bird).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַפְּגָרִ֑יםhapgarimthe carcaseפֶּגֶרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the carcase”, the ordinary formH6297a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous imagecarcase, corpse, dead body.וַיַּשֵּׁ֥בvayashevand blowנָשַׁבconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and blow”, the next action in the storyH5380to blow; by implication, to disperse(cause to) blow, drive away.אֹתָ֖םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַבְרָֽםavramAbramאַבְרָםnoun, proper name — “Abram”H87Abram, the original name of AbrahamAbram.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

World English Bible

The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Darby Translation

And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.

Douay-Rheims

And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατέβη δὲ ὄρνεα ἐπὶ τὰ σώματα, ἐπὶ τὰ διχοτομήματα αὐτῶν· καὶ συνεκάθισεν αὐτοῖς Ἅβραμ.

American Standard Version (1901)

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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