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

Bible Comments

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 denunciation of judgment, and to the spoiling of the Egyptians in the promise that they should “come out with great substance” (Exodus 12:36), gave detail sufficient for future guidance, and for their assurance in time to come that the promise had been fulfilled.

Genesis 15:14

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