#16 | Genesis ch.15 - Brit Bein Habetarim. The Covenant Between the Pieces

In this chapter, Avraham challenges God. He says - You promised me offspring, and yet I cannot have children! - You promised a land. How will that ever happen? Avraham asks for assurances from God. And God understands that Avraham needs that reassurance. God offers a Brit - a pact, a contract, a covenant - and this covenant has some interesting imagery - animals cut in two, birds of prey, fire and smoke, a sky filled with stars. What does it all mean? Today we explore this dramatic exchange, and the meaning behind the imagery.