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Genesis 15:2
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?
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?
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...
- 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...
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...
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...
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...
LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah._ See App-4. First occ, relating to blessing in the earth. GO. am going on....
_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:...
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
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֗ם אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהוִה֙ מַה ־תּ
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
Genesis 15:2 Abram H87 said H559 (H8799) Lord H136 GOD H3069 give H5414 (H8799) go H1980 ...
‘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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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....
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...
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...
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...
what. Genesis 12:1 childless. Genesis 25:21 Genesis 30:1 Genesis 30:2 1 Sa
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...