Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 15:12-18
12As the sunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121wasוַיְהִ֤יvay.HiH1961settingלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935,Abramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87fellנָפְלָ֣הna.fe.LahH5307intoעַל־'al-H5921a deep sleepוְתַרְדֵּמָ֖הve.tar.de.MahH8639,and suddenlyוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009greatגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419terrorאֵימָ֛ה'ei.MahH367and darknessחֲשֵׁכָ֥הcha.she.KhahH2825overwhelmedנֹפֶ֥לֶתno.Fe.letH5307himעָלָֽיו׃'a.LavH5921.
13Then the LORD saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Abramלְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.RamH87, “Know for certainH3045thatכִּי־ki-H3588your descendantsזַרְעֲךָ֗zar.'a.KhaH2233will beיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961strangersגֵ֣ר׀gerH1616in a landבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776that is notלֹ֣אlo'H3808their own,and they will be enslavedוַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.DumH5647and mistreatedוְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.NuH6031אֹתָ֑ם'o.TamH853fourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.
14Butוְגַ֧םve.GamH1571אֶת־'et-H853Iאָנֹ֑כִי'a.No.khiH595will judgeדָּ֣ןdanH1777the nationהַגּ֛וֹיha.GoyH1471אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they serve as slavesיַעֲבֹ֖דוּya.'a.Vo.duH5647,and afterwardוְאַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֥ןve.'a.cha.rei- khenH310H3651they will departיֵצְא֖וּye.tze.'UH3318with manyגָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419possessionsבִּרְכֻ֥שׁbir.KhushH7399.
16In the fourthרְבִיעִ֖יre.vi.'IH7243generationוְד֥וֹרve.DorH1755your descendantswill returnיָשׁ֣וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725hereהֵ֑נָּהHe.nahH2008,forכִּ֧יkiH3588the iniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771of the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808yetעַד־ הֵֽנָּה׃'ad- He.nahH5704H2008completeשָׁלֵ֛םsha.LemH8003.”
17When the sunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121had setבָּ֔אָהBa.'ahH935and darknessוַעֲלָטָ֖הva.'a.la.TahH5939had fallenH1961,beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009,a smokingעָשָׁן֙'a.ShanH6227firepotתַנּ֤וּרta.NurH8574and a flamingאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834torchוְלַפִּ֣ידve.la.PidH3940appeared and passedעָבַ֔ר'a.VarH5674betweenבֵּ֖יןbeinH996the halvesהַגְּזָרִ֥יםha.ge.za.RimH1506of the carcassesהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428.
18On thatהַה֗וּאha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068madeכָּרַ֧תka.RatH3772a covenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285withאֶת־'et-H854Abramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “To your descendantsלְזַרְעֲךָ֗le.zar.'a.KhaH2233I have givenנָתַ֙תִּי֙na.Ta.tiH5414אֶת־'et-H853thisהַזֹּ֔אתha.ZotH2063landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776—from the riverמִנְּהַ֣רmi.ne.HarH5104of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714toעַד־'ad-H5704the greatהַגָּדֹ֖לha.ga.DolH1419Riverהַנָּהָ֥רha.na.HarH5104Euphratesנְהַר־ פְּרָֽת׃ne.har- pe.RatH6578H5104—
Commentaries on Genesis 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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