Genesis 15
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Genesis 15
God’s Covenant with Abram
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Gen 21.17; 26.24; Deut 33.29; Prov 11.8; Dan 10.1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2#Acts 7.5But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”#15.2 Meaning of Heb uncertain 3#Gen 14.14And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.” 4#Gal 4.28But the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.” 5#Gen 22.17; Ps 147.4; Jer 33.22; Rom 4.18; Heb 11.12He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6And he believed the Lord, and the Lord#15.6 Heb he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
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Gen 11.31; 13.15, 17 Then he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.” 8#Lk 1.18But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10#Lev 1.17; Jer 34.18He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half over against the other, but he did not cut the birds in two. 11And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
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As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him. 13#Ex 12.40; Acts 7.6Then the Lord#15.13 Heb he said to Abram, “Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years, 14#Ex 12.36but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15#Gen 25.8As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. 16#1 Kings 21.26And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
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Jer 34.18, 19 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18#Gen 12.7; 24.7; Ex 23.31; Num 34.3; Deut 11.24; Josh 1.4On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates, 19the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
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Genesis 15
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God’s covenant with Abram
1After these events, the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your protector.#15.1 Or shield or benefactor Your reward will be very great.”
2But Abram said, “LORD God, what can you possibly give me, since I still have no children? The head of my household is Eliezer, a man from Damascus.”#15.2 Heb uncertain 3He continued, “Since you haven’t given me any children, the head of my household will be my heir.”
4The LORD’s word came immediately to him, “This man will not be your heir. Your heir will definitely be your very own biological child.” 5Then he brought Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars if you think you can count them.” He continued, “This is how many children you will have.” 6Abram trusted the LORD, and the LORD recognized Abram’s high moral character.
7He said to Abram, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”
8But Abram said, “LORD God, how do I know that I will actually possess it?”
9He said, “Bring me a three-year-old female calf, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon.” 10He took all of these animals, split them in half, and laid the halves facing each other, but he didn’t split the birds. 11When vultures swooped down on the carcasses, Abram waved them off. 12After the sun set, Abram slept deeply. A terrifying and deep darkness settled over him.
13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Have no doubt that your descendants will live as immigrants in a land that isn’t their own, where they will be oppressed slaves for four hundred years. 14But after I punish the nation they serve, they will leave it with great wealth. 15As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life. 16The fourth generation will return here since the Amorites’ wrongdoing won’t have reached its peak until then.”
17After the sun had set and darkness had deepened, a smoking vessel with a fiery flame passed between the split-open animals. 18That day the LORD cut a covenant with Abram: “To your descendants I give this land, from Egypt’s river to the great Euphrates, 19together with the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
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