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Verse Genesis 15:16. _IN THE FOURTH GENERATION_] In former times most
people counted by _generations_, to each of which was assigned a term
of years amounting to 20, 25, 30, 33, 100, 108, or 110; for...
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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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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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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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IN THE FOURTH GENERATION THEY SHALL COME HITHER.
Some hold that this means the same as four hundred years, but it is
more likely to mean the four generation after the children of Israel
went down int...
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FOURTH. Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses; (or Levi), Jochebed (born in
Egypt).
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avon._ See App-44.
NOT YET. Another mark of the corruption of the Canaanite nations
through the Nephilim...
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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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_in the fourth generation_ This agrees with the genealogy in Exodus
6:16-20, where the generations are: (1) Levi, (2) Kohath, (3) Amram,
(4) Moses. If the fourth generation is to be harmonized with th...
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IN THE FOURTH GENERATION— Either, 1st, from the descent into AEgypt;
and thus Caleb was the fourth from Judah; and Moses and Aaron the
fourth from Levi: or, 2nd, in the fourth generation of the Amorit...
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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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_BUT IN THE FOURTH GENERATION THEY SHALL COME HITHER AGAIN: FOR THE
INIQUITY OF THE AMORITES IS NOT YET FULL._
But in the fourth generation, [Hebrew, _ DOWR_ (H1755), or _ DOR_
(H1755)] - the revolut...
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THE INIQUITY OF THE AMORITES IS NOT YET FULL] The Amorites here stand
for the races of Canaan generally. They are to be spared for 400
years, until their idolatry and gross vices have exhausted the
fo...
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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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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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‘This country’ was the country that was called *Canaan. The
Amorites were *Canaan’s original inhabitants. Later, Abram’s
*descendants lived in *Canaan. And God told them to kill the Amorites.
(See Deu...
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THE FOURTH GENERATION. — Heb., _dôr._ (See Note on Genesis 6:9.) As
the four generations are identical with the four centuries of Genesis
15:13, we have here an undesigned testimony to the long durati...
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וְ דֹ֥ור רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה
כִּ֧י ל
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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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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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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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But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the (e)
iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
(e) Though God tolerates the wicked for a time, yet his vengeance
falls on them when...
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_Fourth, &c. after the 400 years are finished; during which period of
time, God was pleased to bear with those wicked nations; whose
iniquity chiefly consisted in idolatry, oppression of the poor and...
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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.
Smoking furnace. See Deuteronomy 4:20; Isaiah 48:10....
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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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16._The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full_. The reason here
given is deemed absurd, as seeming to imply that the sons of Abram
could not otherwise be saved, than by the destruction of others. I...
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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 IN THE FOURTH GENERATION THEY SHALL COME HITHER AGAIN,.... The
seed of Abram were in the land of Canaan before their descent into
Egypt; and it is here predicted and promised, that they should com...
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_But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full._
Ver. 16. _The iniquity of the Amorites, &c._] A metaphor from a large
vessel filled by...
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_They shall come hither again_ Hither to the land of Canaan, wherein
thou now art. The reason why they must not have the land of promise in
possession till the _fourth generation_, is, because “the in...
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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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The founding of the Covenant...
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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age. Abram himself would not be obliged to share in the
afflictions which would come upon his children, but would die in
p...
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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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12-16 A deep sleep fell upon Abram; with this sleep a horror of great
darkness fell upon him: a sudden change. The children of light do not
always walk in the light. Several things were then foretold...
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IN THE FOURTH GENERATION; in the end of the four hundred years
mentioned GENESIS 15:13, a _generation_ being at that time reckoned at
one hundred years, or thereabouts. Or, in the fourth generation
nu...
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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 15:16 fourth H7243 generation H1755 return H7725 (H8799) here
H2008 iniquity H5771 Amorites H567 yet H2008
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‘And he said to Abram, “Know for a guaranteed certainty that your
seed will be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and will serve
them, and they will afflict them, for four hundred years. And th...
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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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_For the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full_
WHY THE WICKED ARE SPARED FOR A SEASON
I. This passage, taken in connection with its attending circumstances,
teaches us the following important tru...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 15:9 The ritual described here is possibly a
type of oath. God is saying that he will become like the dead animals
if he does not keep his word (see Jeremiah 34:18). Anothe
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 15:13 FOUR HUNDRED YEARS appears to be a
round figure. AND AFTERWARD THEY SHALL COME OUT WITH GREAT
POSSESSIONS. The Lord’s promise to Abram was fulfilled 600 to 800
years late...
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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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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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They shall come hither again — Hither to the land of Canaan, wherein
thou now art. The reason why they must not have the land of promise in
possession till the fourth generation, is because the iniqui...
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Did the Exodus occur in the fourth generation or in the sixth?
PROBLEM: Here the Bible speaks of the Exodus as being in the “fourth
generation” from the time of Jacob’s descent to Egypt. However,
acco...