15:17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch 2 passed between the animal parts. 3
1 tn Here and in vv. 16, 19, 21, 23, 25 the word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
2 sn A smoking pot with a flaming torch. These same implements were used in Mesopotamian rituals designed to ward off evil (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [AB], 113-14).
3 tn Heb “these pieces.”