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Genesis 15:7-21
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:7-21
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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:1-21Genesis 15:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryFaith. The substance of this chapter is the special intercourse between Jehovah and Abram. On that foundation faith rests. It is not feeling after God, if haply he be found; it is a living confidence and obedience, base…Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:7-11Genesis 15:7-11 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryAssurance 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 in the midst, according t…Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:7-11Genesis 15:7-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the assurance given to Abram of the land of Canaan for an inheritance. I. God declares his purpose concerning it, Genesis 15:7. Observe here, Abram made no complaint in this matter, as he had done for the w…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:7Genesis 15:7 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd 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, and in explication of the exact nature of that…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:1-21Faith. The substance of this chapter is the special intercourse between Jehovah and Abram. On that foundation faith rests. It is not feeling after God, if haply he be found; it is a living confidence and obedience, base…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 15:7-11Assurance 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 in the midst, according t…Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 15:7-11We have here the assurance given to Abram of the land of Canaan for an inheritance. I. God declares his purpose concerning it, Genesis 15:7. Observe here, Abram made no complaint in this matter, as he had done for the w…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:7And 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, and in explication of the exact nature of that…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:8And he said, Lord God (Adonai Jehovah; vide Genesis 15:2), whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? Not the language of doubt, though slight misgivings are not incompatible with faith (cf. 6:17; 2 Kings 20:8; Luke…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:9And he said unto him, Take me (literally, for me, i.e. for my use in sacrifice) an heifer of three years old. So rightly (LXX; Syriac, Samaritan, Arabic, Josephus, Bochart, Rosenmüller, Keil); not three heifers (Onkelos…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:10And he took unto him all these, and divided (a word occurring only here in Genesis, and supposed by Michaelis to have been taken by Moses from the ancient document from which he transcribed this portion of his work. The…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 15:11And when the fowls—literally, and the bird of prey, a collective singular with the article, as in Genesis 14:13, symbolizing the Egyptians and other adversaries of Israel, as in Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 17:7, Ezekiel 17:12…Joseph S. Exell and contributors