Genesis 15:9
Good News Translation
He answered, "Bring me a cow, a goat, and a ram, each of them three years old, and a dove and a pigeon."

New Revised Standard Version
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.”

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD told him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon."

New American Bible
He answered him: Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years. and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years. and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

Genesis 22:13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram, amongst the briers, sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son.

Leviticus 1:3,10,14 If his offering be a holocaust, and of the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the door of the testimony, to make the Lord favourable to him. . . .

Leviticus 3:1,6 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offerings, and he will offer of the herd, whether male or female: he shall offer them without blemish before the Lord. . . .

Leviticus 9:2,4 Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. . . .

Leviticus 12:8 And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed.

Leviticus 14:22,30 And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for a holocaust. . . .

Psalm 50:5 Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.

Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Luke 2:24 And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons:

Context
God Confirms His Promise
8But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it? 9And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years. and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.10And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other: but the birds he divided not.…
Cross References
Genesis 15:8
But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

Genesis 15:10
And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other: but the birds he divided not.

Leviticus 1:14
But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons:

Leviticus 12:6
And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin: and shall deliver them to the priest.

Songs 2:12
The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:

Genesis 15:8
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