Genesis 15:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. ”

• Genesis 15:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - The Faith of Abram 1. דבר dābār , “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign of the thing. 2. אדני 'ǎdonāy , “Adonai, the Lord;” related: “bring down, lay down.” This is the name u...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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• Genesis 15:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  14. Also that nations whom they serve. A consolation is now subjoined, in which this is the first thing, God testifies that he will be the vindicator of his people. Whence it follows, that he...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And also that nation, etc. - How remarkably was this promise fulfilled, in the redem...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Will I judge— Judge is a Hebraism for punish: 2 Chronicles 20:12 . Hebrews 13:4 . It is also used in the contrary sense, of acquitting, rewarding, or redressing wrongs, when applied to the rig...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge. The exodus of Isr...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  God Promises an Heir to Abraham and the Land of Canaan for his Descendants. The Promise is Ratified by a Covenant The passage is from the Primitive source. A somewhat similar account from the Prie...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  That nation. — Had it been expressly revealed that the country that would afflict them was Egypt, the patriarchs might have been unwilling to go thither; but the reference to the plagues in the den...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  COVENANT WITH ABRAM Genesis 15:1-21 OF the nine Divine manifestations made during Abram's life this is the fifth. At Ur, at Kharran, at the oak of Moreh, at the encampment between Bethel and Ai...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Abram's Vision of the Future Genesis 15:1-21 Abram had good reason to fear the vengeance of the defeated kings; but the divine voice reassured him. For all of us there is need of a shield, beca...

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• Genesis 15:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is the account of the fourth direct appearance of Jehovah to Abram and evidently it had direct connection with what had immediately preceded. Abram had passed through two conflicts, the first wi...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 furnace. See Deuteronomy 4:20 ; Isaiah 48...

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• Genesis 15:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge ,.... It is not said "the land" in which they were strangers, though God did judge, condemn, and punish the inhabitants of the land of Canaan,...

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• Genesis 15:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. Ver. 14. Afterward shall they come out, &c. ] All the saints' abasements ar...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 f...

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• Genesis 15:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE PROMISE OF GOD AND ITS CONFIRMATION Abram having proven that he was not seeking gain for himself, but depending on the God of heaven and earth, then the Lord gives him His word of wonderful en...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.   13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a st...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That nation whom they shall serve, i.e. Egypt, the principal seat of their servitude, and the instrument of their sorest bondage, will I judge, i.e. punish, as that word is used, Psalms 51:4...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And he said to Abram, “Know for a guaranteed certainty that your seed will be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and will serve them, and they will afflict them, for four hundred years. And t...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 15:9 . Take me.] Heb. Take for me, i.e., Take and offer for me. Three years old. Denoting, say Kalisch, “the perfection of their species.” Genesis 15:10 . Divided...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Genesis 15:1-3 . 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. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt t...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 15:1 . The Word of the Lord the glorious person of the Messiah, the Angel of the covenant, came in his own name, Jehovah, God. He came with the full powers of future ages in his hand; the p...

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• Genesis 15:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? The confirmation of faith I. FAITH IS CONFIRMED BY THE REMEMBRANCE OF GOD’S PAST DEALINGS. 1. We should call to mind what God is. 2....

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• Genesis 15:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 15:7 And 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 p...

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• Genesis 15:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The founding of the Covenant

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• Genesis 15:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  that. Genesis 46:1-34 Exodus 6:5 Exodus 6:6 Exodus 7:1 Exodus 14:31 Deuteronomy 4:20 Deuteronomy 6:22 Deuteronomy 7:18 Deuteronomy 7:19 Deuteronomy 11:2-4 Joshua 24:4-7 Joshua...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  God's Covenant with Abram Genesis 15:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The dependency of God. When men make a covenant they may break their covenant. God's covenants are certified. God covenanted wi...

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• Genesis 15:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 a...

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