Genesis 15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:10

Genesis 15:10. He took and divided, &c.— We have here the first and most ancient account of the manner by which many nations of the world entered into and ratified their covenants. It is alluded to again in Jeremiah 34:18-19. The method was to divide the victims, and lay the parts divided asunder, when the covenanting parties passed between them, and used some expressions perhaps to this purpose: "Thus let me be divided and cut in pieces, if I violate the oath or break the covenant into... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:12

Genesis 15:12. And when the sun was going down— The original is, and the sun was (לבוא labo, ad intrandum, says Montanus) about to enter, "the time of sun-rising approached," which I take to be the true sense of the passage. For, as I conceive, God came to Abram in the night, perhaps the beginning of it; after which he brought him forth, and ordered him to count the stars, if possible, Genesis 15:5. This done, he employs him in preparing this sacrifice; by which time morning drew near, "the sun... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:13

Genesis 15:13. Afflict them four hundred years— That is, from the birth of Isaac, the seed to whom the promise was given: and from that birth to the coming out of AEgypt, were just four hundred years. It cannot fail to strike the attentive reader how exactly this prophecy, respecting Abram's seed, was fulfilled. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:14

Genesis 15:14. Will I judge— Judge is a Hebraism for punish: 2 Chronicles 20:12.Hebrews 13:4; Hebrews 13:4. It is also used in the contrary sense, of acquitting, rewarding, or redressing wrongs, when applied to the righteous, Psalms 10:18. The reason is evident: God, the just Judge, when he tries both righteous and wicked, may properly be said to judge, either in the sense of condemning or acquitting, as his judgment is, and always must be, perfectly right. read more

Thomas Coke

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

Genesis 15:15. 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 go to thy fathers in peace, was no more than an oriental phrase for going to the grave: but it cannot be said of Abram that he did thus go to his fathers, since his dead body was so far from being laid with them in their sepulchre, that it was deposited in a country which had no manner... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:16

Genesis 15:16. In the fourth generation— Either, 1st, from the descent into AEgypt; and thus Caleb was the fourth from Judah; and Moses and Aaron the fourth from Levi: or, 2nd, in the fourth generation of the Amorites; a sense which seems the more probable from the words immediately following, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. The Amorites are here put for the whole inhabitants of Canaan, as being the most considerable for their power, Amo 2:9 and being also the people among... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:17

Genesis 15:17. It came to pass, that when the sun went down, &c.— As in Gen 15:12 according to our interpretation, mention is made of the rising, so here of the setting sun; nor does it seem probable, that both passages speak of the latter. If any one, however, shall be tenacious of this opinion, we must suppose, that the first appearance to Abram was made in the night, when the command for the sacrifice was given; and great part of the following day being employed in preparing it, the deep... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:18

Genesis 15:18. This land, from the river of AEgypt, &c.— The river of AEgypt cannot mean the Nile, but some river upon the border of AEgypt. Solomon is said to have reigned from the river (Euphrates) unto the border of AEgypt. See 1Ki 4:21 where we shall speak more of this grant to Abram, and its completion. REFLECTIONS.—God confirms the covenant by a visible sign, and particularly describes the bounds of the inheritance of Abram's posterity. We have, 1. The signs emblematical of the state... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 15

CHAPTER 15 :-. DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 15:1

1. After these things—the conquest of the invading kings. the word of the Lord—a phrase used, when connected with a vision, to denote a prophetic message. Fear not, Abram—When the excitement of the enterprise was over, he had become a prey to despondency and terror at the probable revenge that might be meditated against him. To dispel his fear, he was favored with this gracious announcement. Having such a promise, how well did it become him (and all God's people who have the same promise) to... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:14

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 15:18

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 15:1

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