“ And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. ”
- 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...
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 (...
believed: i.e. believed Jehovah. believed what he "heard" ( Romans 10:17 ). counted . reckoned or imputed. righteousness. No art.. as righteousness. This was positive imputed righteousness (becau...
6. And he believed in the Lord. None of us would be able to conceive the rich and hidden doctrine which this passage contains, unless Paul had borne his torch before us. ( Romans 4:3 .) But i...
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness - This I conceive to be one of the most important pass...
He believed, &c.— Not only that he should have a child, though his wife was barren, and far advanced in life, as well as himself; but also that his posterity, which seemed extremely improbable,...
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. He believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness - Hebrew, trusted in Yahweh ( H3068 ), as a c...
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...
He believed in the Lord (in Jehovah) ... — We have here the germ of the doctrine of free justification. Abram was both a holy man and one who proved his faith by his works; but nevertheless the insp...
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...
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...
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...
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Reader! behold how the apostle Paul extols this faith. Romans 4:19-21 . But may we not add, that this was a believing faith,...
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH ‘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. And he be...
And he believed in the Lord ,.... The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan are, "in the Word of the Lord;'' in the essential Word of the Lord, in Christ the Lord his righteousness; he believed in the p...
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Ver 6. And he believed. ] When thus the promise was repeated. So needful it is, that the word should be often preached, and...
And he believed in the Lord That is, believed the truth of that promise which God had now made him, resting upon the power and faithfulness of him that made it: see how the apostle magnifies this f...
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...
2 And Abram said, Lord G OD , what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no se...
He believed in the Lord, i.e. he was fully persuaded that God was able to fulfil, and would certainly fulfil, the promise made to him concerning a child, and especially concerning the Messias, who...
‘And he believed in Yahweh, and he counted it to him for righteousness.' What a remarkable verse is this, for it is the heart of the Gospel. As Abram looks at the multiplicity of stars he believes,...
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....
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 eac...
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 15:1 . 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...
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. And he believed in the Lord, and...
EXPOSITION Genesis 15:1 After these things —the events just recorded— the word of the Lord —Debar Jehovah ; the first occurrence of this remarkable phrase, afterwards so common in the H...
God's Promise to Abraham
he believed. Romans 4:3-6 Romans 4:9 Romans 4:20-25 Galatians 3:6-14 Hebrews 11:8 James 2:23 he counted. Psalms 106:31 Romans 4:11 Romans 4:22 2 Corinthians 5:19 Galatians 3:6
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...
And he believed in the Lord — That is, believed the truth of that promise which God had now made him, resting upon the power, and faithfulness of him that made it: see how the apostle magnifies thi...