Genesis 15:15

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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;” r...
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 reaso...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Making of the Covenant. In this scene Abraham is told that he is to inherit Canaan. He asks for confirmation of the promise. Yahweh bids him se...
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).
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 consol...
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 implie...
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 pos...
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 sai...
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 Primitiv...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Go to thy fathers ] see on Genesis 25:8 .
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...
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...
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...
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. Ab...
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. S...
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, t...
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 m...
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...
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...
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 A...
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...
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 the...
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 perfect...
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 g...
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 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 DEALIN...
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, a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The founding of the Covenant
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....
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 fat...

¹⁵ And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 15:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 15:15