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Genesis 15

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Introduction

1  God encourages Abram, who complains for want of an heir.
4  God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed.
6  Abram is justified by faith.
7  Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt.
Verse 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.
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46:2, Numbers 12:6, 1 Samuel 9:9, Ezekiel 1:1, 3:4, 11:24, Daniel 10:1-16, Acts 10:10-17, Acts 10:22, Hebrews 1:1
Fear
14-16, 26:24, 46:3, Exodus 14:13, Deuteronomy 31:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalms 27:1, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 41:10,14, 43:1,5, 44:2,8, 51:12, Daniel 10:12, Matthew 8:26, 10:28-31, Matthew 28:5, Luke 1:13,30, 12:32, Revelation 1:17
thy shield
Deuteronomy 33:29, Psalms 3:3, 5:12, 18:2, 84:9,11, 91:4, 119:114, Proverbs 30:5
and thy
Deuteronomy 33:26-29, Ruth 2:12, Psalms 16:5,6, 58:11, 142:5, Proverbs 11:18, Lamentations 3:24, 1 Corinthians 3:22, Hebrews 13:5,6, Revelation 21:3,4
Verse 2

And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
what
12:1-3
childless
25:21, 30:1,2, 1 Samuel 1:11, Psalms 127:3, Proverbs 13:12, Isaiah 56:5, Acts 7:5
the
24:2,10, 39:4-6,9, 43:19, 44:1, Proverbs 17:2
Verse 3

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Behold
12:2, 13:16, Proverbs 13:12, Jeremiah 12:1, Hebrews 10:35,36
born
14:14, Proverbs 29:21, 30:23, Ecclesiastes 2:7
Verse 4

And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
shall come
17:16, 21:12, 2 Samuel 7:12, 16:11, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Philemon 1:12
Verse 5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
tell
Deuteronomy 1:10, Psalms 147:4, Jeremiah 33:22, Romans 9:7,8
So
12:2, 13:16, 16:10, 22:17, 28:14, Exodus 32:13, Deuteronomy 1:10, 10:22, 1 Chronicles 27:23, Romans 4:18, Hebrews 11:12
Verse 6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
he believed
Romans 4:3-6,9,20-25, Galatians 3:6-14, Hebrews 11:8, James 2:23
he counted
Psalms 106:31, Romans 4:11,22, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Galatians 3:6
Verse 7

And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
brought
11:28-31, 12:1, Nehemiah 9:7, Acts 7:2-4
to give
12:7, 13:15-17, Nehemiah 9:8, Psalms 105:11,42,44, Romans 4:13
Verse 8

And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
24:2-4,13,14, Judges 6:17-24,36-40, 1 Samuel 14:9,10, 2 Kings 20:8, Psalms 86:17, Isaiah 7:11, Luke 1:18,34
Verse 9

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
22:13, Leviticus 1:3,10,14, 3:1,6, 9:2,4, 12:8, 14:22,30, Psalms 50:5, Isaiah 15:5, Luke 2:24
Verse 10

And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
divided them
Jeremiah 34:18,19, 2 Timothy 2:15
the birds
Leviticus 1:17
Verse 11

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
fowls
Ezekiel 17:3,7, Matthew 13:4
Abram
Psalms 119:13
Verse 12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
deep
2:21, 1 Samuel 26:12, Job 4:13,14, 33:15, Daniel 10:8,9, Acts 20:9
horror
Psalms 4:3-5, Acts 9:8,9
Verse 13

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
thy
17:8, Exodus 1:1-2, 5:1-23, 22:21, 23:9, Leviticus 19:34, Deuteronomy 10:19, Psalms 105:11, Psalms 105:12,23-25, Acts 7:6,7, Hebrews 11:8-13
four
Exodus 12:40,41, Galatians 3:17
Verse 14

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
that
46:1-34, Exodus 6:5,6, 7:1-14, Deuteronomy 4:20, 6:22, 7:18,19, 11:2-4, Joshua 24:4-7,17, 1 Samuel 12:8, Nehemiah 9:9-11, Psalms 51:4, 78:43-51, 105:27-37, Psalms 135:9,14
with
Exodus 3:21,22, 12:35,36, Psalms 105:37
Verse 15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
And thou
25:8, Numbers 20:24, 27:13, Judges 2:10, Job 5:26, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Acts 13:36
in peace
2 Chronicles 34:28, Psalms 37:37, Isaiah 57:1,2, Daniel 12:13, Matthew 22:32, Hebrews 6:13-19, Hebrews 11:13-16
buried
23:4,19, 25:8,9, 35:29, 49:29,31, 50:13, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Jeremiah 8:1,2
good
25:7,8, 1 Chronicles 23:1, 29:28, Job 5:26, 42:17
Verse 16

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
in the
Exodus 12:40
Amorites
1 Kings 21:26, 2 Peter 3:8,9
not
Daniel 8:23, Zechariah 5:5-11, Matthew 23:32-35, 1 Thessalonians 2:16
Verse 17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
smoking
Exodus 3:2,3, Deuteronomy 4:20, Judges 6:21, 13:20, 1 Chronicles 21:26, Isaiah 62:1, Jeremiah 11:4
a burning lamp
Heb. a lamp of fire.
2 Samuel 22:9
passed
Jeremiah 34:18,19
Verse 18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
made
9:8-17, 17:1-27, 24:7, 2 Samuel 23:5, Isaiah 55:3, Jeremiah 31:31-34, 32:40, Jeremiah 33:20-26, Galatians 3:15-17, Hebrews 13:20
Unto thy
12:7, 13:15, 17:8, 26:4, 28:4,13,14, 35:12, 50:24, Exodus 3:8, 6:4, 23:23, Exodus 23:27-31, 34:11, Numbers 34:3, Deuteronomy 1:7,8, 7:1, 11:24, 34:4, Joshua 1:3,4, Joshua 12:1-20, 19:1-38, 1 Kings 4:21, 2 Chronicles 9:26, Nehemiah 9:8, Psalms 105:11
from
Numbers 34:5, Joshua 15:4, Isaiah 27:12
Euphrates
2:14, 2 Samuel 8:3, 1 Chronicles 5:9
Verse 19

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Kenites
Numbers 24:21,22
Verse 20

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Rephaims
14:5, Isaiah 17:5
Verse 21

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Amorites
10:15-19, Exodus 23:23-28, 33:2, 34:11, Deuteronomy 7:1
Girgashites
Matthew 8:28

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