This is the type of covenant that God made with Abram — known as the "Abramic Covenant," explained Miles. LENT'S EMBER DAYS: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR POINTS TO NEED FOR ‘RECONCILIATION ...

Abram builds an altar, sacrifices animals as signs of his commitment to this covenant, and keeps guard at the altar so that the sacrifice remains intact, i.e., not stolen by birds of prey.

We will yet read of another Covenant. And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and G-d appeared to Abram, and He said to him, "I am the Almighty G-d; walk before Me and be TAMIM ( wholehearted).

The above verses from this week’s parshah (Torah portion) Lech Lecha (Gen. XII,1–XVII,27) describe the Covenant between the Parts (a.k.a. the Covenant of the Pieces), when God entered into ...