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Berean Standard Bible

“And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.””

Genesis 15:9

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God has promised Abram descendants and a land, and Abram asks how he can know. God answers with a covenant ceremony of a kind familiar in the ancient Near East.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

World English Bible (WEB)

He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

King James Version (KJV)

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y le dijo: Apártame una becerra de tres años, y una cabra de tres años, y un carnero de tres años, una tórtola también, y un palomino.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Entonces el Señor le dijo: ―Trae una ternera, una cabra y un carnero, de tres años cada uno. También consigue una tórtola y un pichón de paloma.

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