Genesis 15

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

  • 15:2 And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? 2
  • 15:6 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. 2
  • 15:1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward. 1
  • 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. 1
  • 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. 1

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  1. Till He Come · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh cites Gen. xv. 1

    …s He did to Abraham, “Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” (Gen. xv. 1.) To be addressed as Daniel was of old, “O man greatly beloved” (Dan. x. 19), is worth a …

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Righteousness of Faith cites Gen. 15:6

    …ess. Even so Abraham “believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.” (Gen. 15:6.) “And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith, — that…

  3. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Distinctive Doctrine of Protestantism: Justification by Faith cites Gen. 15:6

    …hat we read, "Abraham believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness." (Gen. 15:6.) In these words in the very first book in the Bible we have the germ of the whole gracio…

  4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order cites Gen. 15:12

    … of great darkness fell upon him, and then God revealed himself to him in sweet promises, Gen. 15:12, 13. So it was with Moses at Mount Sinai; first, God appeared to him in all the terrors o…

  5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Gen 15: 2

    …r the word with attention, do as Abraham when he drove away the fowls from the sacrifice. Gen 15: 2. When you find these excursions and sinful wanderings in hearing, labour to drive away th…

  6. The Way Into the Holiest · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    The Anchorage of the Soul cites Gen. xv. 17

    …asion he went through the form of covenant making in vogue among the surrounding peoples (Gen. xv. 17). But, on Mount Moriah, when the faithful patriarch had given the one stupendous evidence…

  7. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites Gen 15: 2

    … in hand. These fowls will be coming to the sacrifice, therefore we must drive them away. Gen 15: 2. An archer may take a right aim; but if one stand at his elbow, and jog him when he is go…