King James Version

Genesis 14.

The Book of Genesis

Return to IndexHenry's Commentary

Chapter 15

1

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
vision Gen 46:2
reward Psa 58:11, Psa 84:11, Heb 11:6

2

And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
steward Gen 24:2

3

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

4

And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
come Gen 17:16

5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
So Rom 4:18

6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
believed Rom 4:3, Gal 3:6, James 2:23

7

And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Ur Acts 7:2

8

And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
whereby Jud 6:36, 1st Sam 14:9, 2nd Kings 20:8, Luke 1:18

9

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

10

And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11

And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
deep sleep Gen 2:21

13

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Know Acts 7:6

14

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And Acts 7:7

15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
they Acts 7:7
full Matt 23:32, 1st Thess 2:16

17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
given Num 34:2, Deut 1:8, 2nd Chron 9:26, Neh 9:8

19

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

21

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Genesis 16

 

 

Notes on Chapter 15

1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SpeedBible Software © 1998-2001 by johnhurt.com