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The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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Guarding Your Worship
Multiple commentators, including Charles Spurgeon and Matthew Henry, see a direct application for believers today. The birds of prey represent the anxious cares, vain thoughts, doubts, and fears that descend upon our spiritual sacrifices, like prayer and worship. The key lesson is that we must be vigilant and actively drive these distractions away to maintain our focus on God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
And when the fowls ... — Hebrew, And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram scared them away. Had there…
Baptist
Here is a lesson for us. Perhaps you have some of these unclean birds coming down upon your sacrifice right now. That raven that you did not lock u…
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16th Century
Protestant
And when the fowls came down. Although the sacrifice was dedicated to God, yet it was not free from the attack and violence of birds. Neit…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses Upon the birds, as Aben Ezra and Ben Melech interpret it, whose carc…
Assurance was given to Abram of the land of Canaan for an inheritance. God never promises more than he is able to perform, as men often do. Abram d…
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