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

“ And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. ”

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

go to thy fathers . die and be buried. Abram's fathers were idolaters. Joshua 24:2 . Figure of speech Euphemism (App-6).
Genesis 15:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace. Hitherto the Lord had respect to the posterity of Abram as well as to himself, that the consolation might be common to all; but now he turns his...
Genesis 15:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace - This verse strongly implies the immortality of the soul, and a state of sepa...
Genesis 15:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace— It appears that this verse only concerns Abram personally, but all the rest of the prophecy respects his posterity. Some, says Parker, think this, Thou shalt...
Genesis 15:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace. It has been said by many that 'going to one's fathers,' or 'being...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace. — Abram’s ancestors had died in Babylonia, but the phrase, used here for the first time, evidently involves the thought of the immortality of the soul. The bo...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shall go to thy fathers in peace ,.... Or die, which is a going the way of all flesh, to a man's long home, out of this world to another, to the world of spirits, to those that are gone bef...
Genesis 15:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. Ver. 15. Thou shalt go to thy fathers. ] The "spirits of just men made perfect"; all the court of heaven shall me...
Genesis 15:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To thy fathers, i.e. either, 1. Into heaven, where thy godly progenitors are gone; or, 2. Into the state of the dead, where all thy fathers are gone before thee. This may seem more probable, at...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - 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....
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The founding of the Covenant
Genesis 15:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And thou. Genesis 25:8 Numbers 20:24 Numbers 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 Isaiah 57:2 Daniel 12...
Genesis 15:15 - 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...
Genesis 15:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 b...

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

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

Genesis 15:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Genesis 15:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Genesis 15:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

Genesis 15:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

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

Genesis 15:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 15:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Genesis 15:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 15:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 15:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes