And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
It is not altogether fanciful to trace even in the minute circumstances of sacrifice, somewhat referring to Him unto whom all the sacrifices referred? Is not the three years of age a type of the Redeemer's three years ministry? And what do those birds of prey, which came down on Abram's sacrifice, intimate, but the vain thoughts which hover over our minds in our holy seasons?