New American Standard Bible 2020
Genesis 15:13-18
13Then God saidH559 to AbramH87, “KnowH3045 forH3045 certainH3045 that 1your 2descendantsH2233 will be strangersH1616 in a landH776 that is not theirsH1992, 3where 4they will be enslavedH5647 and oppressedH6031 for 5fourH702 hundredH3967 yearsH8141. 14But I will alsoH1571 judgeH1777 the nationH1471 whomH834 they will serveH5647, and afterwardH310H3651 they will comeH3318 outH3318 6with 7manyH1419 possessionsH7399. 15As for you, 8you shall goH935 to your fathersH1 in peaceH7965; you will be buriedH6912 at a goodH2896 oldH7872 ageH7872. 16Then in 9the fourthH7243 generationH1755 they will returnH7725 hereH2008, for 10the wrongdoingH5771 of the AmoriteH567 is not yetH5704H2008 completeH8003.”
17Now it cameH1961 aboutH1961, when the sunH8121 had setH935, that it was veryH5939 darkH5939, and beholdH2009, a smokingH6227 ovenH8574 and a flamingH784 torchH3940 appeared whichH834 11passedH5674 betweenH996 theseH428 piecesH1506. 18On that dayH3117 the LordH3068 madeH3772 a covenantH1285 with AbramH87, sayingH559, “12To your 13descendantsH2233 I have givenH5414 thisH2088 landH776, From 14the riverH5104 of EgyptH4714 as farH5704 as the greatH1419 riverH5104, the riverH5104 EuphratesH6578:
Notes
- 1. Genesis 15:13 Acts 7:6, 17 ↩
- 2. Genesis 15:13 Lit seed ↩
- 3. Genesis 15:13 Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them ↩
- 4. Genesis 15:13 Ex 1:11; Deut 5:15 ↩
- 5. Genesis 15:13 Ex 12:40; Gal 3:17 ↩
- 6. Genesis 15:14 Ex 12:32-38 ↩
- 7. Genesis 15:14 Lit great ↩
- 8. Genesis 15:15 Gen 25:8; 47:30 ↩
- 9. Genesis 15:16 Gen 15:13 ↩
- 10. Genesis 15:16 Lev 18:24-28 ↩
- 11. Genesis 15:17 Jer 34:18, 19 ↩
- 12. Genesis 15:18 Gen 17:8; Josh 21:43; Acts 7:5 ↩
- 13. Genesis 15:18 Lit seed ↩
- 14. Genesis 15:18 Ex 23:31; Num 34:1-15; Deut 1:7, 8 ↩
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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