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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 15:6

he believed: Romans 4:3-Joshua :, Romans 4:9, Romans 4:20-Lamentations :, Galatians 3:6-2 Chronicles :, Hebrews 11:8, James 2:23 he counted: Psalms 106:31, Romans 4:11, Romans 4:22, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Galatians 3:6 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:10 - ye are this day Deuteronomy 24:13 - shall be Nehemiah 9:8 - foundest Psalms 22:4 - General Romans 3:21 - righteousness Romans 4:10 - not in circumcision Romans 4:18 - So shall Revelation 14:15 - ripe read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.And he brought him forth — It seems, early in the morning, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars: so shall thy seed be - 1. So innumerable, for so the stars seem to a common eye. Abram feared he should have no child at all, but God tells him his descendents should be so many as not to be numbered2. So illustrious, as... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.And he believed in the Lord — That is, believed the truth of that promise which God had now made him, resting upon the power, and faithfulness of him that made it: see how the apostle magnifies this faith of Abram, and makes it a standing example, Romans 4:19-21. He was not weak in faith; he staggered not at the promise: he was strong in faith; he was fully persuaded. The Lord work such a faith in every one of us.And he... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:4

4. Behold How vivid the revelation! This shall not be thine heir Such an express answer touching his heir was potent to quell all further doubt and fear . read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 15:5

5. Brought him forth abroad Whether in vision, or on the night following the day of the vision of Genesis 15:1, has been disputed . Either supposition is allowable, and some think the whole transaction occupied two nights and one day . Another view is, to regard the whole transaction up to Genesis 15:12 as a vision of the daytime . See note at the beginning of the chapter . Tell the stars Rather, number the stars . The Lord had promised him posterity numberless as the grains of dust,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 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... read more

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