Genesis 15:2-5 ESV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:1-6

Genesis 15:1-Joshua : . From some unnamed cause Abraham is afraid; Yahweh encourages him in a vision with the assurance of Divine protection; some deed is deemed worthy of the promise, “ thy reward shall be exceeding great” ( mg.) . “ But what reward,” he answers, “ O Lord Yahweh, wilt thou give that can be of value to me? since I go hence ( mg.) childless, and my heir is a home-born slave.” To die without a child was to have one’ s name rooted out on earth. In Sheol there was continuance of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:1-21

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, one connecting Abraham with Hebron, the other with Beersheba and the Negeb. The former associates Abraham with Lot. (For details, see ICC.) On the interpretation to be placed on the figures of Abraham and the patriarchs, see the Introduction. The interest, which has hitherto been diffused... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:2

What pleasure can I take in any other gifts, so long as thou dost withhold from me that great and promised gift of that blessed and blessing Seed, in the giving of whom thy honour and the world's happiness is so highly concerned? Genesis 12:3. Seeing I go childless; either, 1. I pass the time of my life, going on and growing in years, and hastening to my long home. Or, 2. I die, i.e. am about to die, or likely to die. Going is ofttimes put for dying, as 1 Chronicles 17:11, compared with 2... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:3

Of such see Genesis 14:14; Ecclesiastes 2:7. And these are opposed to them that are born of a man’s body, Job 19:17; Proverbs 31:2; Jeremiah 2:14. Mine heir; either, 1. By nearness of relation, being, as some conceive, descended from Aram the eldest son of Shem. Or, 2. For a recompence of his fidelity: compare Proverbs 17:2. Or, 3. because he only had the exact knowledge and absolute power of all his master’s estate, Genesis 24:10, and therefore could easily keep all after his master’s death.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:4

i.e. Out of thy own body: see Genesis 35:11; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Chronicles 6:9. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:5

Quest. Seeing the sun was not yet going down, Genesis 15:12, how could he see the stars? Answ. 1. He might see them by representation in a vision, or by a Divine power strengthening his eyes to behold them. 2. It was not necessary he should then actually see them. He bids him make trial when he pleased, if he could number the stars which were now present to his mind, and would shortly be present and visible to his bodily eye. This he was not able to do; for though astronomers have presumed to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 15:1-6

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 15:1. The word of the Lord came to Abram.] Heb. There was a word of Jehovah to Abram. The force of the expression is, that the word efficaciously was; was made to be. This is the first instance in which the phrase, “word of the Lord “is applied to a Divine communication. Vision. Chal. In a prophecy. Prophets from the earliest times were called “seers.” (1 Samuel 9:9., 2 Samuel 24:11.) I am thy shield. The personal pronoun is emphatic. Thy exceeding great reward. The LXX... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:5-6

Genesis 15:5-6 These two verses lie close together on one page of the Bible. They are part of a brief story of a brief event in one human life. Yet, as we read them, they seem to separate from each other, and to stand very far apart. The fifth verse is altogether of the past. It shows us the tent of the patriarch gleaming white in the clear starlight of the Eastern night. We learn with Abraham to look up and believe and be at rest. The sixth verse suggests thoughts of the nearer present. From... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 15:2

1 "Lord" (Heb. Adon, Adonai) (1) The primary meaning of Adon, Adonai, is Master, and it is applied in the Old Testament Scriptures both to Deity and to man. The latter instances are distinguished in the English version by the omission of the capital. As applied to man, the word is used of two relationships; master and husband Genesis 24:9; Genesis 24:10; Genesis 24:12 "master" may illustrate the former; Genesis 18:12 "lord," the latter). Both these relationships exist between Christ and the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:1-21

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 word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward ( Genesis 15:1 )."The word of the LORD", this is the first time this phrase is used in the Bible. It will now be used many, many times over. But always the first usage is always... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:1-6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:1-21

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:5

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 15:1-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:5-6

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 15:2

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:1-21

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