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Verse Genesis 15:12. A DEEP SLEEP] תרדמה _tardemah_, the same
word which is used to express the sleep into which Adam was cast,
previous to the formation of Eve; Genesis 2:21.
_A HORROR OF GREAT DAR...
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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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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...
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AND WHEN THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN.
The sunset of the day following the vision (compare verse. with 12);.
day that had been spent in preparation for the ratification of the
covenant, had come without th...
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ABRAM. Put to sleep so that he should have no part in it, and that the
Covenant should be unconditional, in which "God was the one" and only
contracting party (Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:20). Compare...
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_a deep sleep_ See note on the same word in Genesis 2:21. LXX
ἔκστασις.
_an horror of great darkness fell_ Lit. "an horror, even great
darkness was falling." A vivid description of the sensation of t...
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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...
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AND WHEN THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN— The original is, _and the sun was_
(לבוא _labo, ad intrandum,_ says Montanus) _about to enter,_ "the
time of sun-rising approached," which I take to be the true sense...
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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 WHEN THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN, A DEEP SLEEP FELL UPON ABRAM; AND,
LO, AN HORROR OF GREAT DARKNESS FELL UPON HIM._
A deep sleep, х_ TARDEEMAAH_ (H8639)] - a preternatural sleep,
produced by God (se...
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AN HORROR OF GREAT DARKNESS] lit. 'a terror, even great darkness,'
preceding the wondrous sight of Genesis 15:17.
13. Abraham is given a glimpse of the fortunes of his descendants. A
LAND THAT IS NOT...
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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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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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WHEN THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN. — The time described was the evening
following the night on which he had received the assurance that his
seed should be countless as the stars. He had then, in his trance,...
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וַ יְהִ֤י הַ שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ לָ בֹ֔וא וְ
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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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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...
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A deep sleep, or ecstasy, like that of Adam, chap. ii. 21, wherein God
revealed to him the oppression of his posterity in Egypt, which filled
him with such horror (Menochius) as we experience when som...
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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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12._A deep sleep fell upon Abram_. The vision is now mingled with a
dream. Thus the Lord here joins those two kinds of communication
together, which I have before related from Numbers 12:6, where it i...
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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 WHEN THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN,.... Just setting, descending below
the hemisphere; or "about to enter" m into his chamber, as Piscator
observes, from whence he went forth in the morning, as a strong...
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and,
lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Ver. 12. _And when the sun was going down_] Heb., When he was ready to
enter, to wit...
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_And when the sun was going down_ About the time of the _evening
oblation;_ for, he _abode by them_, praying and waiting till toward
evening; _a deep sleep fell upon Abram_ Not a common sloop through...
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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 when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and,
lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. At the direction of
God, Abram prepared the sacrificial animals, the heifer, the ram,...
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The covenant Sacrifice...
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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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12-16 A deep sleep fell upon Abram; with this sleep a horror of great
darkness fell upon him: a sudden change. The children of light do not
always walk in the light. Several things were then foretold...
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A DEEP SLEEP FELL UPON ABRAM; partly natural, from his labour in
killing and sacrificing those creatures; and partly sent upon him from
God, to make way for the following representation. He seemed to...
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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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Genesis 15:12 sun H8121 down H935 (H8800) sleep H8639 fell H5307
(H8804) Abram H87 horror H367 great...
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‘And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell on Abram, and lo,
a horror of great darkness fell on him.'
Words fail to describe the sacredness of that moment, and the awe and
even godly terror th...
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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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_An horror of great darkness fell upon him_
ABRAM’S HORROR IN THE NIGHT
Abram’s condition here may be looked upon in two aspects.
1. As indicating the chequered experience of the good.
2. As sugge...
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_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...
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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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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
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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...
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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...
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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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deep. Genesis 2:21 1 Samuel 26:12 Job 4:13 Job 4:14 Job 33:15...
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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...
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And when the sun was going down — About the time of the evening
oblation. Early in the morning, while the stars were yet to be seen,
God had given him orders concerning the sacrifices, Genesis 15:5, a...