Genesis 15:7-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:14

And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge ,.... It is not said "the land" in which they were strangers, though God did judge, condemn, and punish the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, and drove them out of it, to make way for Israel; but the "nation" they should "serve", meaning the Egyptians, to whom they became servants, and were very hardly and severely used by them; those the Lord threatens to enter into judgment with, and take vengeance upon them, as he did by inflicting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:15

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, to the world of spirits, to those that are gone before them; which is no inconsiderable proof of the immortality of the soul. Jarchi infers from hence, that Terah, Abram's father, was a penitent, and died a good man, and went to heaven, the place and state of the blessed, whither Abram should go at death; but the phrase of going to the fathers is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:16

And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again ,.... The seed of Abram were in the land of Canaan before their descent into Egypt; and it is here predicted and promised, that they should come thither again, as they did, in the fourth generation of those that descended thither; for Moses and Aaron were the fourth from Levi, or Eleazar from Kohath, and Caleb from Judah; or rather this was in the fourth age or century from the birth of Isaac, when the four hundred were up before... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:17

And it came to pass, when the sun went down ,.... It was going down when the deep sleep fell on Abram, and now it was quite gone or set: and it was dark ; which is not always the case as soon as the sun is set, there is a twilight for a while, and if a clear night the stars appear; but, as Aben Ezra observes, this was a dark and cloudy night; so it was a dark night, a time of great affliction and distress to the posterity of Abram, when their sun was set, or after the death of Joseph: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:18

In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram ,.... Which he confirmed by passing between the pieces and accepting his sacrifice: saying, unto thy seed have I given this land ; he had given it in his purpose, and he had given the promise of it, and here he renews the grant, and ratifies and confirms it, even the land of Canaan, where Abram now was, though only a sojourner in it; and which is described by its boundaries and present occupants, in this and the following verses, as is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:19

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites. In this and the following verses ten nations are reckoned as occupying the land of Canaan at this time, whereas only seven are mentioned in the times of Moses and Joshua; and these three are not among them, and seem before those times to have been extinct, or were mixed with the other nations, and were no more distinct ones; though Aben Ezra thinks these people had two names, and Jarchi interprets them of the Edomites, Moabites, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:20

And the Hittites ,.... Who had their name from Heth, a son of Canaan, see Genesis 10:15 ; they dwelt about Hebron, in the south of the land of Canaan: and the Perizzites ; these dwelt in the wood country of the land, Joshua 17:15 ; and seem to have their name from dwelling in villages, and at a distance from towns and cities, and were a boorish and uncivilized people, see Genesis 13:7 , and the Rephaims ; or "giants", as the Targums of Onkelos, and Jonathan; they dwelt near the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 15:21

And the Amorites ,.... The same with the Amorite, Genesis 10:16 ; they inhabited both on this and the other side Jordan: and the Canaanites ; which were a particular tribe or nation that bore the name of their great ancestor Canaan, see Genesis 13:7 , and the Girgashites ; the same with the Gergesenes in Matthew 8:28 ; of these see Genesis 10:16 , and the Jebusites ; who inhabited Jerusalem and about it, which was first called Jebus, from the founder of this nation; see... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:7

Ur of the Chaldees - See on Genesis 40 (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:8

And he said, Lord God - יהוה אדני Adonai Yehovah , my Lord Jehovah. Adonai is the word which the Jews in reading always substitute for Jehovah, as they count it impious to pronounce this name. Adonai signifies my director, basis, supporter, prop, or stay; and scarcely a more appropriate name can be given to that God who is the framer and director of every righteous word and action; the basis or foundation on which every rational hope rests; the supporter of the souls and bodies of men,... read more

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