 Abram never walks between the halves of the animals. And we need to pay attention to that. Verse 12 in chapter 15 of Genesis tells us that Abram fell asleep. In fact, Abram fell into a deep sleep right in the middle of the contract. And then verse 17 says that the only thing that passes between the animals, I quote, is a smoking fire pot with a blazing torch which appeared and passed between the pieces. And the question is, what is this strange fire?