Genesis 15:13-16 WEB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 15:14

Genesis 15:14. That nation whom they shall serve, even the Egyptians, will I judge This points at the plagues of Egypt, by which God not only constrained the Egyptians to release Israel, but punished them for all the hardships they had put upon them. The punishing of persecutors is the judging of them; it is a righteous thing with God, and a particular act of justice, to “recompense tribulation to those that trouble” his people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 15:15

Genesis 15:15. Thou shalt go to thy fathers At death we go to our fathers, to all our fathers that are gone before us to the state of the dead, to our godly fathers that are gone before us to the state of the blessed. The former helps to take off the terror of death, the latter puts comfort into it. Thou shalt be buried in a good old age Perhaps mention is made of his burial here, where the land of Canaan is promised him, because a burying-place was the first possession he had in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 15:16

Genesis 15:16. They shall come hither again Hither to the land of Canaan, wherein thou now art. The reason why they must not have the land of promise in possession till the fourth generation, is, because “the iniquity of the Amorites was not yet full.” The righteous God has determined that they shall not be cut off till they are arrived to such a pitch of wickedness; and therefore, till it come to that, the seed of Abram must be kept out of possession. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:1-21

Click image for full-size versionGod’s covenant with Abram (15:1-21)Earlier God had promised Abram a people and a land (see 12:2; 13:15). Abram’s faith concerning the promised land had been tested through drought and conflict, and his faith concerning the promised people was constantly being tested through his wife’s inability to have children. According to a custom of the time, a childless couple could adopt a person and make him heir to the family property. Abram therefore decided to adopt... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:13

Know of a surety. Hebrew. knowing thou shalt know. Figure of speech Polyptoton , and note on Genesis 26:28 . thy seed , i.e. Isaac. See note on Genesis 21:12 . The 400 years date from Isaac's birth (Acts 7:6 ). The 430 from the "promise" or Covenant here made (compare Galatians 1:3 , Galatians 1:17 ), and include the whole "sojourning" (Exodus 12:40 ). and shall serve, &c. Figure of speech Epitrechon. See App-6 . This is shown by the Structure ( Introversion ). a | Thy seed shall be a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:14

judge. Put by Metonymy (of Cause), for punish. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:15

go to thy fathers = die and be buried. Abram's fathers were idolaters. Joshua 24:2 . Figure of speech Euphemism ( App-6 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:16

fourth = Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses; (or Levi), Jochebed (born in Egypt). iniquity. Hebrew. 'avon. See App-44 . not yet. Another mark of the corruption of the Canaanite nations through the Nephilim and Rephaim. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:12-14

"And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.""And when the sun was going down ..." All of this is still part of the vision "The horror of a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:15-17

"But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation shall they come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.""Thou shalt go to thy fathers ..." This cannot apply to the place where Abram was buried, for he was not buried with his fathers, but in the cave of Machpelah. "We... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 15:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 15:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 15:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 15:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:12-14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:15-17

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