Genesis 15

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

God appears to Abram in a vision, and gives him great encouragement, Genesis 15:1 . Abram's request and complaint, Genesis 15:2 , Genesis 15:3 . God promises him a son, Genesis 15:4 ; and an exceedingly numerous posterity, Genesis 15:5 . Abram credits the promise, and his faith is counted unto him for righteousness, Genesis 15:6 . Jehovah proclaims himself, and renews the promise of Canaan to his posterity, Genesis 15:7 . Abram requires a sign of its fulfillment, Genesis 15:8 .... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:1

The word of the Lord came unto Abram - This is the first place where God is represented as revealing himself by his word. Some learned men suppose that the יהוה דבר debar Yehovah , translated here word of the Lord, means the same with the λογος του Θεου of St. John, John 1:1 , and, by the Chaldee paraphrases in the next clause, called מימרי meimeri , "my word," and in other places דיי מימרא meimera daiya , the word of Yeya , a contraction for Jehovah, which they appear... read more

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