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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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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...
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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.
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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, 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._
This shall not be thine heir. To the...
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15:4 body (k-26) Lit 'bowels.'...
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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 is assured that his heir should be a child of his own
begetting....
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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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וְ הִנֵּ֨ה דְבַר ־יְהוָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵ
אמֹ֔ר
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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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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.
How instant sometimes are the divine c...
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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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4._This shall not be thine heir_. We hence infer that God had approved
the wish of Abram. Whence also follows the other point, that Abram had
not been impelled by any carnal affection to offer up this...
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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 BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE LORD [CAME] UNTO HIM,.... Either having
disappeared, and then came a second time, or he again spoke unto him:
SAYING, THIS SHALL NOT BE THINE HEIR; this Eliezer, this serv...
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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.
Ver. 4. _And, behold, the word of th...
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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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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. Not merely a member of the household of...
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GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM...
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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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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...
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i.e. Out of thy own body: see GENESIS 35:11 2 SAMUEL 7:12 2 CHRONICLES
6:9....
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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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‘And see, the word of Yahweh came to him saying, “This man will
not be your heir. He who will be truly of your own blood (will come
forth out of your own bowels) will be your heir”.'
We note that the...
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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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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 15:1. 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...
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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...
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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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shall come. Genesis 17:16 Genesis 21:12 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 16:11...
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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...