Genesis 15:6

6. He believed “Hebrews, and he trusted in Jehovah, and he counted it to him righteousness,” or it was counted, (one counted,) so Sept . , followed by Paul in Romans 4:3. A weighty comment of the inspired historian, which unifies the patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations, as shown by Paul in the Epistle to the Romans . He is landless and childless, yet in the word of JEHOVAH, the SELF-EXISTENT, he has land and seed . This special act of trust in God, this signal instance of naked faith, (not Abram’s general or habitual faith,) was reckoned as righteous: not only by God, but in all generations of the faithful it stands forth as a monument of Abram’s righteousness. There is a parallel passage in Psalms 106:30, where the deed of Phinehas, in executing God’s judgment, is commended, ‘and that was counted to him for righteousness,’ that is, this single act called for God’s special approval . So here, Abram’s trust in God’s simple word is stamped as righteousness, because such faith is the root of all virtues, it is the central source of the godly life, without which all outward works are as plants having no root . As Abram, in darkness and discouragement trusted God for the blessings promised him, and thus received God’s approval and this monumental position among believers, so, as Paul shows us, shall we be reckoned righteous if, in our darkness, we believe on Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, Romans 4:24. ” Newhall .