Holy Scripture
Genesis 15:9
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“Here also, in fine, a symbol was given, consisting of these animals: a heifer, a she-goat, a ram and two birds, a turtledove and pigeon, that he might know that the things which he had not doubted should come to pass were to happen in accordance with this symbol. The heifer may be a sign that the people should be put…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9And he said to him, Take for me a heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
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7And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
8And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
— Genesis 15:9 —
10So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
11And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.