Genesis 15:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. And when the fowls - העיט haayit, birds of prey, came down upon the carcasses to devour them, Abram, who stood by his sacrifice waiting for the manifestation of God, who had ordered him to prepare for the ratification of the covenant, drove them away, that they might neither pollute nor devour what had been thus consecrated to God.