Biblical scholars have puzzled over the meaning of Abraham's enigmatic vision of a smoking brazier and flaming torch passing between the disjecta membra in Gen 15:17. Scholars typically assume this vision symbolically conveyed some kind of covenant-making ritual. However, the search for a parallel covenant-making ritual in ancient Near Eastern literature has been in vain. In the light of the scholarly impasse in finding any adequate parallels in covenant-making rituals in ancient Near Eastern literature, this paper seeks to reinvestigate the original meaning/significance the smoking brazier and flaming torch passing between the severed animals in the light of non-covenant making rituals and contexts in ancient Near Eastern literature. This paper will focus on two items: (1) the function of the brazier and torch as divine symbols in ancient Near Eastern literature; and (2) the role of brazier and torch in four non-covenant making ancient Near Eastern rituals: (a) torch and brazier in oath-taking rituals from Alalakh and Ashur; (b) torch and brazier in Mesopotamian purification rituals of Shurpu; (c) torch and brazier in Mesopotamian calamity-reversing rituals of Maqlu; and (d) torch and brazier passing between disjecta membra in the Hittite ritual of Anniwiyanis, designed to secure the birth of a son (not daughter) for a man seeking an heir for his estate. We will suggest the latter ritual has much in common with Gen 15:17 in terms of shared features, form, and function.