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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Genesis 15:11

Verse Genesis 15:11. And when the fowls] העיט haayit, birds of prey, came down upon the carcasses to devour them, Abram, who stood by his sacrifice waiting for the manifestation of GOD, who had ordered him to prepare for the ratification of the covenant, drove them away, that they might neither pollute nor devour what had been thus consecrated to God.

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  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    AND WHEN THE FOWLS CAME DOWN UPON THE CARCASSES, ABRAM DROVE THEM AWAY. He prepared his sacrifices, and divided them, and stood by watching for the manifestation of the Lord, fully expecting it, as he...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the birds of prey_, &c. The birds of prey, regarded as unclean, swooping down threatened to carry off the pieces of flesh. This would have interrupted the ceremony with an evil omen, polluted the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • 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 WHEN THE FOWLS CAME DOWN UPON THE CARCASES, ABRAM DROVE THEM AWAY._ And when the fowls came down upon the carcass. The Septuagint interpolates a clause here [epi ta soomata, epi ta dichotomeemat...

  • 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

    FOWLS] RV 'birds of prey': an omen of the troubles which his descendants must encounter before entering into their possession....

  • 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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND WHEN THE FOWLS... — Heb., _And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram scared them away._ Had there been a sacrifice the fire would have kept the vultures from approaching; but th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּ֥רֶד הָ עַ֖יִט עַל ־הַ פְּגָרִ֑ים

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. It is not altogether fanciful to trace even in the minute circumstances of sacrifice, somewhat referring to Him unto whom all th...

  • 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

    11._And when the fowls came down_. Although the sacrifice was dedicated to God, yet it was not free from the attack and the violence of birds. So neither are the faithful, after they are received into...

  • 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 WHEN THE FOWLS CAME DOWN UPON THE CARCASSES,.... Upon the birds, as Aben Ezra and Ben Melech interpret it, whose carcasses were whole; or rather upon the divided carcasses of the animals, and inde...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. Ver. 11. _Abram drove them away._] So must we do evil motions and distractive thoughts in holy duties, which else will muster an...

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

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The covenant Sacrifice...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE FOWLS CAME to devour them; whereby is signified, either, 1. The disturbance and distraction which good men are exposed to in the service of God from evil spirits and men; or rather, 2. The great...

  • 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 15:11 vultures H5861 down H3381 (H8799) carcasses H6297 Abram H87 away H5380 (H8686) fowls -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but he drove them away.' This totally unnecessary description of a seemingly irrelevant incidence is an evidence of the fact that this account came f...

  • 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

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • 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

    fowls. Ezekiel 17:3 Ezekiel 17:7 Matthew 13:4 Abram. Psalms 119:13...

  • 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...

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