God repeated a promise that he had made earlier. See Genesis 13:15 and the comment. And see Genesis 15:7.
‘The river of Egypt’ is a small stream that is on the border. It is between the two countries, *Canaan and Egypt. The river Euphrates is north and east of *Canaan.
Verse Genesis 15:18. _THE LORD MADE A COVENANT_] כרת ברית _carath berith_ signifies to _cut_ a _covenant_, or rather the covenant _sacrifice_; for as no covenant was made without one, and the creatur...
- 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...
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...
IN THE SAME DAY GOD MADE. COVENANT WITH ABRAM. The covenant was God's guarantee that the land should belong to Abraham's seed. It should extend from the "river of Egypt," or the eastern mouth of the...
THE LORD. Not Abram (Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:17). See note on Genesis 15:12. HAVE. Before this it was "I will". From now it is "I have". THIS LAND. Never yet possessed with these boundaries....
_the Lord made a covenant_ A covenant, or compact, as between man and man, is necessarily impossible between God and man. God in His mercy gives the promise; man in his weakness acknowledges his willi...
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...
THIS LAND, FROM THE RIVER OF AEGYPT, &C.— The river of AEgypt cannot mean the Nile, but some river upon the border of AEgypt. Solomon is said to have reigned from the river (Euphrates) unto the border...
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...
_IN THE SAME DAY THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM, SAYING, UNTO THY SEED HAVE I GIVEN THIS LAND, FROM THE RIVER OF EGYPT UNTO THE GREAT RIVER, THE RIVER EUPHRATES:_ In the same day the Lord made a...
15:18 made (c-6) Lit. 'cut,' the regular idiom. river (d-21) Some read 'torrent.'...
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...
THE RIVER OF EGYPT] probably the Wady el Arish on the border of Egypt. In the days of Solomon the promise was fulfilled (1 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 4:24)....
THE LORD MADE A COVENANT. — Heb., _Jehovah cut a covenant._ Abram had divided the slaughtered animals, and Jehovah, by passing between them, made the whole act His own. THE RIVER OF EGYPT. — That is,...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה...
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...
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...
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...
_Of Egypt, a branch of the Nile, not far from Pelusium. This was to be the southern limit, and the Euphrates the northern; the two other boundaries are given, Numbers xxxiv. --- Perhaps Solomon's empi...
REFLECTIONS LET the visions of God with Abram have this effect upon all the true seed of Abram, earnestly to desire and as highly to prize, all the gracious manifestations of the divine love. May we e...
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...
18._In the same day the Lord made a covenant_. I willingly admit what I have alluded to above, that the covenant was ratified by a solemn rite, when the animals were divided into parts. For there seem...
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...
IN THE SAME DAY THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM,.... Which he confirmed by passing between the pieces and accepting his sacrifice: SAYING, UNTO THY SEED HAVE I GIVEN THIS LAND; he had given it in...
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: Ver. 18. _From the river of Egypt....
_Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt_, &c. In David's time and Solomon's, their jurisdiction extended to the utmost of those limits, 2 Chronicles 9:26. And it was their own f...
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...
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates; these two rivers would he the sout...
The founding of the Covenant...
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...
17-21 The smoking furnace and the burning lamp, probably represented the Israelites' severe trials and joyful deliverance, with their gracious supports in the mean time. It is probable that this furn...
UNTO THY SEED HAVE I GIVEN THIS LAND, i.e. decreed and promised in due time to give, which makes it as sure as if it were actually given to them. Or, I WILL GIVE; words of the past time being oft put...
"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 15:18 same H1931 day H3117 LORD H3068 made H3772 (H8804) covenant H1285 Abram H87 saying H559 ...
‘In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram “to your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the Great River, the River Euphrates”; the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite, a...
COVENANT The Abrahamic Covenant as formed (Genesis 12:1) and confirmed; (Genesis 13:14); (Genesis 15:1); (Genesis 17:1) is i
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...
_The Lord made a covenant with Abram_ GOD’S COVENANT 1_._ The time of saints’ sacrifice amidst their troubles may be the season of God’s making covenant with them. 2. Not only promise but covenant...
_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...
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 15:18 ON THAT DAY THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM. This covenant differs from the one described in ch. Genesis
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...
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...
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...
made. Genesis 9:8 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 24:7 2 Samuel 23:5 Isaiah 55:3...
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...
In that same day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land — He had said before, To thy seed will I give this land, but here he saith, I have given it; that is...