Genesis 15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:15-17

"But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation shall they come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.""Thou shalt go to thy fathers ..." This cannot apply to the place where Abram was buried, for he was not buried with his fathers, but in the cave of Machpelah. "We... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:18-21

"In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Gergashite, and the Jebusite.""In that day Jehovah made a covenant ..." This must be understood in the sense that God ratified and confirmed with this ancient type of oath the covenant... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15

CHAP. XV. Abram believes God, who promised him a seed which shall equal the stars in number. He is commanded to prepare victims; falls into a deep sleep, and hears God foretelling the future condition of his posterity: the covenant is renewed. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:1

Genesis 15:1. The word of the Lord, &c.— This is the first time that this expression occurs, דבראּיהוה debar Jehovah, the word of Jehovah, which many suppose to be characteristic of the second Divine Person, who is the WORD, John 1:1. And possibly it is first used here, as the chapter contains a prophetic account of Abram's posterity, which this word of the Lord delivered, in a vision, says our translation; whence many suppose, that this was either a vision of the night, when Abram was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:2

Genesis 15:2. Eliezer of Damascus— i.e.. sprung originally from Damascus. The Hebrew word ben-meshec, which we translate steward, signifies the son of provision, he who provideth. It was a custom among the ancients to have such a superior servant: but upon what custom the right to inheritance for such a one, as born in the master's house, could be founded, we are totally in the dark; for I think it is most likely, there was some right of this kind, otherwise Abram had near relations to be his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:3

Genesis 15:3. And Abram said, &c.— Abram spreads his grief before the Lord; and since he is so gracious, shews him his trouble. Observe, God's ears are ever open to the voice of our complaint. Abram had a great promise, but no appearance of its fulfilment: he was childless, and, humanly speaking, likely to continue so, being old: and one of his servants must be his heir. Where then is the seed? What is all that thou givest me, if this be withheld? Learn, (1.) How hard it is, when mercies... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:5

Genesis 15:5. He brought him forth abroad, &c.— This was done most probably towards the decline of the night, for reasons we shall presently assign: but the reader is desired to take notice, that there is nothing here which can countenance the opinion of this being a visionary representation. So shall thy seed be— i.e.. innumerable. This promise was fulfilled not only in the posterity of Isaac, but also of Ishmael, and the children of Abram's other wives, by whom Palestine and Arabia were... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:6

Genesis 15:6. 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, should be, like the stars, innumerable. Assured of the Divine veracity and power, he gave glory to God, and firmly credited upon God's authority what otherwise appeared impossible: and the Lord was so well satisfied with this faith of the patriarch, which gave so much honour to the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:8

Genesis 15:8. Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?— "Whereby shall I be ascertained, that my posterity shall possess this land, in right of that inheritance which thou hast given to me?" For the higher confirmation, of his faith, he asks some miraculous sign and pledge of the certainty of an event, of which he himself was not personally to partake. It is also probable from Genesis 15:13-16, that Abram's request means no more, than that God would vouchsafe to let him know, when the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:9

Genesis 15:9. He said unto him, take me an heifer, &c.— i.e.. says Mede, offer unto me the following creatures; the only ones appointed to be offered under the Mosaic law; which strengthens their opinion (and I confess it is mine) who believe, that animals were divided into clean and unclean for sacrifice before the law, and that the whole apparatus of sacrifice was not then first instituted, but renewed and confirmed. It has much perplexed commentators to find out the reason, why these... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:15-17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 15:18-21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:9

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