Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

Genesis 15:2

GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 15:2 the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus. This individual is not named elsewhere. The context suggests he is a trusted member of Abram’s household, possibly a slave.

⇐ ⇔ ⇒
Continues after advertising

See also Genesis 15:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 15:2. _WHAT WILT THOU GIVE ME, SEEING I GO CHILDLESS_] The anxiety of the Asiatics to have offspring is intense and universal. Among the _Hindoos_ the want of children renders all other...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    From some unnamed cause Abraham is afraid; Yahweh encourages him in a vision with the assurance of Divine protection; some deed is deemed worthy of the promise, thy reward shall be exceeding great (_m...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah._ See App-4. First occ, relating to blessing in the earth. GO. am going on....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Lord God_ God = Heb. _Jehovah_, as in other places where it is put in capitals. "Adonai Jehovah": this combination of sacred names occurs only here, Genesis 15:8, and Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 9:...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Promise of an Heir 1. _After these things_ A vague note of time. Cf. Genesis 22:1; Genesis 22:20; Genesis 40:1; Genesis 48:1. t

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ELIEZER OF DAMASCUS— i.e.. sprung originally from Damascus. The Hebrew word _ben-meshec,_ which we translate _steward_, signifies _the son of provision, he who provideth._ It was a custom among the an...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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?_ Lord God - not _ YAHWEH_ (H3068) _ 'ELOHIYM_ (H430), as formerly, b...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:2 Lord (e-4) _ Adonai_ , plural of _ Adon_ . 'Lord' will usually represent this word. go (f-13) Or 'depart.' steward (g-17) Lit. 'son of possession.' Eliezer (h-23) _ El_ is my help....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WHAT WILT THOU GIVE ME] of what avail are these promised possessions, with no child to inherit them? THE STEWARD, etc.] RV 'he that shall be possessor of my house,' i.e. the heir, would be Eliezer of...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God had not given a son to Abram. That was a worry to Abram. He wanted a son so that his family would continue. And he had many things that God had given to him. He wished that those things would beco...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LORD GOD. — Not _Jehovah Elohim,_ but _Lord Jehovah,_ “Lord” being the ordinary title of respect. Usually Jehovah takes the vowels of _‘donai, “_lord,” but as the two words occur here together, it tak...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֗ם אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהוִה֙ מַה ־תּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Abram said, (a) Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus? (a) His fear was not only lest he should not have children, but...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    I shall go. To what purpose should I heap up riches, since I have no son to inherit them? Abram knew that God had promised him a numerous posterity; but he was not apprized how this was to be verified...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. Those expressions are not the language of unbelief, but of humble enquiry. See Genesis 12:2 and Genes...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._And Abram said, Lord God_. The Hebrew text has יחוה אדונת (_Adonai Jehovah_.) From which appellation it is inferred that some special mark of divine glory was stamped upon the vision; so that Abram...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ABRAM SAID, LORD GOD, WHAT WILT THOU GIVE ME, SEEING I GO CHILDLESS,.... As if he should say, what signifies what thou givest me of temporal blessings, if thou withholdest from me the blessing of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver. 2. _Lord God, what wilt thou give me, &c._] _Dominator Iehovah...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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?...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    2-6 Though we must never complain of God, yet we have leave to complain to him; and to state all our grievances. It is ease to a burdened spirit, to open its case to a faithful and compassionate frie...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    What pleasure can I take in any other gifts, so long as thou dost withhold from me that great and promised gift of that blessed and blessing Seed, in the giving of whom thy honour and the world's happ...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 15:2 Abram H87 said H559 (H8799) Lord H136 GOD H3069 give H5414 (H8799) go H1980 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Abram said, “Oh Lord Yahweh, what will you give seeing that I go childless and he who will be possessor of my house is Dammesek Eliezer?” And he said, “see, you have given no seed to me, and see,...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    CF13\SUPER 1) "Lord" (Hebrew, Adon, Adonai) (1) The primary meaning of Adon, Adonai, is Master, and it is applied in the Old Testament Scriptures both to Deity and to man. The latter instances are di...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _To me Thou hast given no seed_ ABRAM’S FEAR God had given Abram everything but a child, and therefore it seemed to him that all this flow of God’s love was running into a pool where it could only s...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 15:1. The word of the Lord came to Abram.] _Heb. There was a word of Jehovah to Abram._ The force of the expression is, that the word efficaciously was; was made to be. This i...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 15:1 AFTER THESE THINGS—the events just recorded—THE WORD OF THE LORD_—Debar Jehovah_;_ _the first occurrence of this remarkable phrase, afterwards so common in the Hebrew Scriptur...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    what. Genesis 12:1 childless. Genesis 25:21 Genesis 30:1 Genesis 30:2 1 Sa

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

Continues after advertising