Genesis 15:18
בַּ יֹּום הַ הוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵ אמֹר לְ זַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת הָ אָרֶץ הַ זֹּאת מִ נְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד הַ נָּהָר הַ גָּדֹל נְהַר פְּרָת
In the Hot-one of Himself581 Yahweh has cut off582 אֶת-Raised-Father a cut-out-one583 to say, `To your seed I have given אֶת-Earth of This one, from the river of Dual-Siege until the Great River—the river Phrat,
| 582 | Strong’s #3772, karat. To cut off. This is the standard word for covenant “making” and is based on the imagery of circumcision in which the foreskin is cut off, and those who are uncircumcised are cut off (Gen. 17:14). Remember this as, things get more interesting in Chapter 17. |