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Verse Genesis 15:8. _AND HE SAID, LORD GOD_] אדני יהוה
_Adonai Yehovah, my_ _Lord Jehovah_. Adonai is the word which the Jews
in reading always substitute for _Jehovah_, as they count it impious
to p...
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- The Faith of Abram
1. דבר _dābār_, “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign
of the thing.
2. אדני _'ǎdonāy_, “Adonai, the Lord;” related: “bring
down, lay down.” This is the name usually read...
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CHAPTER 15 THE FOURTH COMMUNICATION AND THE COVENANT AND THE VISION
_ 1. The fourth communication (Genesis 15:1)_
2. Abram's answer (Genesis 15:2)
3. The promised seed (Genesis 15:4)
4. Abram coun...
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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THE MAKING OF THE COVENANT. In this scene Abraham is told that he is
to inherit Canaan. He asks for confirmation of the promise. Yahweh
bids him select three animals and two birds, such as were eligib...
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LORD GOD, WHEREBY SHALL. KNOW THAT. SHALL INHERIT IT?
This is not. demand of unbelief, but the request for some visible sign
upon which he can rest as. seal of the covenant. Man has always needed
thes...
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LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah._ See Genesis 15:2 and App-4....
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_whereby shall I know_ Abram requests a sign to assure him of the
fulfilment of the promise: cf. the action of Gideon, Judges 6:17, and
of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20:8. On "Lord God," see note on Genesis 15...
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The Ratification of the Promise by a Solemn Covenant
The occasion of the covenant is distinct from that described in
Genesis 15:1; but the connexion of thought is obvious. It is the man
of faith who...
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DISCOURSE: 25
COVENANT CONFIRMED TO ABRAM
Genesis 15:8. _And lie said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I
shall inherit it?_
THE innumerable instances of God’s condescension which occur in the
hol...
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WHEREBY SHALL I KNOW THAT I SHALL INHERIT IT?— "Whereby shall I be
ascertained, that my posterity shall possess this land, in right of
that inheritance which thou hast given to me?" For the higher
con...
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PART TWENTY-EIGHT
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM:
DIVINE ELABORATION OF THE PROMISE AND THE COVENANT
(Ch. 15)
_1. The Biblical Account (ch. 15_)
_1. After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a...
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_AND HE SAID, LORD GOD, WHEREBY SHALL I KNOW THAT I SHALL INHERIT IT?_
Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? This question did not
imply that Abram was staggered at the magnitude of the diffi...
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GOD PROMISES AN HEIR TO ABRAHAM AND THE LAND OF CANAAN FOR HIS
DESCENDANTS. THE PROMISE IS RATIFIED BY A COVENANT
The passage is from the Primitive source. A somewhat similar account
from the Priestl...
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Abraham asks for some pledge of the fulfilment of the promises....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 15
GOD MAKES PROMISES TO ABRAM
V1 After these things the *Lord appeared to Abram. The *Lord said,
‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am protecting you....
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LORD GOD. — Heb., _Lord Jehovah,_ as in Genesis 15:2.
WHEREBY SHALL I KNOW THAT I SHALL INHERIT IT? — Jehovah had required
Abram to leave his home in Ur of the Chaldees on a general promise of
future...
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וַ יֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהוִ֔ה בַּ
מָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע
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COVENANT WITH ABRAM
Genesis 15:1
OF the nine Divine manifestations made during Abram's life this is the
fifth. At Ur, at Kharran, at the oak of Moreh, at the encampment
between Bethel and Ai, and now...
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ABRAM'S VISION OF THE FUTURE
Genesis 15:1
Abram had good reason to fear the vengeance of the defeated kings; but
the divine voice reassured him. For all of us there is need of a
shield, because the w...
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This is the account of the fourth direct appearance of Jehovah to
Abram and evidently it had direct connection with what had immediately
preceded. Abram had passed through two conflicts, the first wit...
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THE PROMISED BLESSINGS
The words "After these things" in verse one show the importance of
remembering the victory God had given. Abram firmly believed God was
also the source of his wealth. These fac...
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GOD'S PROMISE TO PROTECT
Abram may have faced threats from those around him, but God assured
him that he was his shield (Genesis 15:1). That is, God stood ready to
protect him like a shield would in b...
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And he said, Lord GOD, (b) whereby shall I know that I shall inherit
it?
(b) This is a particular motion of God's Spirit, which is not lawful
for all to follow, in asking signs: but was permitted for...
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_Whereby, &c. Thus the blessed Virgin asked, how shall this be done?
Luke i. 34, without the smallest degree of unbelief. Abram wished to
know, by what signs he should be declared the lawful owner of...
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And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
See observations on Genesis 15:2 (See POOR on "Genesis 15:3 ")...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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8._Lord God, whereby shall I know_. It may appear absurd, first, that
Abram, who before had placed confidence in the simple word of God,
without moving any question concerning the promises given to hi...
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When God had thus revealed Himself, according to His establishment of
blessing in power on the earth, through the priestly king Melchisedec,
naturally the actual blessing of the chosen people finds it...
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AND HE SAID, LORD GOD, WHEREBY SHALL I KNOW THAT I SHALL INHERIT IT?]
Not as questioning or doubting whether he should or not; but this he
asked for the further confirmation of his faith in the promis...
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And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Ver. 8. _Lord God, whereby shall I know?_] He desires a sign, not that
he believed not before, but that he might better believe. H...
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_Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it_? This inquiry did not
proceed from distrust of God's power or promise, but he desired a
token for the strengthening of his own faith, and for the ratifyi...
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1 God encourageth Abram.
2 Abram complaineth for want of an heire.
4 God promiseth him a sonne, and a multiplying of his seed.
6 Abram is iustified by faith.
7 Canaan is promised againe, and confi...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Abram the approved Warrior of Faith, and God his Shield and his
Reward. His longing for an Heir, and his thought of Adoption
anticipating any exigency in the case. The great Promise o...
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THE PROMISE OF GOD AND ITS CONFIRMATION
Abram having proven that he was not seeking gain for himself, but
depending on the God of heaven and earth, then the Lord gives him His
word of wonderful encour...
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7-11 Assurance was given to Abram of the land of Canaan for an
inheritance. God never promises more than he is able to perform, as
men often do. Abram did as God commanded him. He divided the beasts...
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He asks a sign, not out of distrust of God's promise, for _he was
strong in faith,_ ROMANS 4:20, but for further assurance and
confirmation of it. And such an asking of a sign was not an unusual
pract...
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"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." The Lord would not suffer His servant to be a loser, b...
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Genesis 15:8 said H559 (H8799) Lord H136 GOD H3069 how H4100 know
H3045 (H8799) inherit H3423 ...
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‘And he said, “O Lord Yahweh, By what means will I know that I
will inherit it?” '
Moved by Yahweh's goodness and compassion to him Abram asks a vital
question. ‘And he said, “Oh Lord Yahweh, how shal...
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Genesis 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. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou g...
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CONTENTS: Abrahamic covenant confirmed and spiritual seed promised.
CHARACTERS: Abram, God.
CONCLUSION: The promises to faith are more certain than the
conclusions of logic (Genesis 15:2-5). Faith i...
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Genesis 15:1. _The Word of the Lord_the glorious person of the
Messiah, the Angel of the covenant, came in his own name, Jehovah,
God. He came with the full powers of future ages in his hand; the
powe...
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_Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?_
THE CONFIRMATION OF FAITH
I. FAITH IS CONFIRMED BY THE REMEMBRANCE OF GOD’S PAST DEALINGS.
1. We should call to mind what God is.
2. We sh...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 15:1 Verses Genesis 15:1 of ch. Genesis 15:1
focus on Abram’s concern that he is still childle
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 15:9. Take me.] _Heb. Take for me, i.e.,_ Take and offer for
me. _Three years old._ Denoting, say Kalisch, “the perfection of
their species.”
GENESIS 15:10. DIVIDED THEM.] In...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 15:7
AND HE (Jehovah, or the Word of the Lord) SAID UNTO HIM (after the act
of faith on the part of the patriarch, and the act of imputation or
justification on the part of God, an...
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Now after these things (Genesis 15:1)
That is, after the battle against these kings, after the meeting of
Melchizedek, after the refusal of taking the reward and so forth from
the king of Sodom.
the...
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Genesis 24:2 Genesis 24:13 Genesis 24:14 Judges 6:17 Judges 6:36...
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GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAM
Genesis 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The dependency of God. When men make a covenant they may break
their covenant. God's covenants are certified.
God covenanted with Noah...
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Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? — This did not proceed
from distrust of God's power or promise, but he desired this, For the
strengthening of his own faith. He believed, Genesis 15:6, bu...