1 God encourages Abram, who complains for want of an heir.
4 God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed.
6 Abram is justified by faith.
7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt.

A.M. 2093. B.C. 1911. in. 46:2 Nu 12:6 1Sa 9:9 Eze 1:1 3:4 11:24 Da 10:1-16 Ac 10:10-17 Ac 10:22 Heb 1:1

Fear. 14-16 26:24 46:3 Ex 14:13 De 31:6 1Ch 28:20 Ps 27:1 Isa 35:4 41:10 Isa 41:14 43:1,5 44:2,8 51:12 Da 10:12 Mt 8:26 10:28-31 28:5 Lu 1:13,30 12:32 Re 1:17

thy shield. De 33:29 Ps 3:3 5:12 18:2 84:9,11 91:4 119:114 Pr 30:5

and thy. De 33:26-29 Ru 2:12 Ps 16:5,6 58:11 142:5 Pr 11:18 La 3:24 1Co 3:22 Heb 13:5,6 Re 21:3,4

2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

what. 12:1-3

childless. 25:21 30:1,2 1Sa 1:11 Ps 127:3 Pr 13:12 Isa 56:5 Ac 7:5

the. 24:2,10 39:4-6,9 43:19 44:1 Pr 17:2

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Behold. 12:2 13:16 Pr 13:12 Jer 12:1 Heb 10:35,36

born. 14:14 Pr 29:21 30:23 Ec 2:7

4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

shall come. 17:16 21:12 2Sa 7:12 16:11 2Ch 32:21 Phm 12

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.

tell. De 1:10 Ps 147:4 Jer 33:22 Ro 9:7,8

So. 12:2 13:16 16:10 22:17 28:14 Ex 32:13 De 1:10 10:22 1Ch 27:23 Ro 4:18 Heb 11:12

6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

he believed. Ro 4:3-6,9,20-25 Ga 3:6-14 Heb 11:8 Jas 2:23

he counted. Ps 106:31 Ro 4:11,22 2Co 5:19 Ga 3:6

7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

brought. 11:28-31 12:1 Ne 9:7 Ac 7:2-4

to give. 12:7 13:15-17 Ne 9:8 Ps 105:11,42,44 Ro 4:13

8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

24:2-4,13,14 Jud 6:17-24,36-40 1Sa 14:9,10 2Ki 20:8 Ps 86:17 Isa 7:11 Lu 1:18,34

9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

22:13 Le 1:3,10,14 3:1,6 9:2,4 12:8 14:22,30 Ps 50:5 Isa 15:5 Lu 2:24

10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

divided them. Jer 34:18,19 2Ti 2:15

the birds. Le 1:17

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

fowls. Eze 17:3,7 Mt 13:4

Abram. Ps 119:13

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

deep. 2:21 1Sa 26:12 Job 4:13,14 33:15 Da 10:8,9 Ac 20:9

horror. Ps 4:3-5 Ac 9:8,9

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

thy. 17:8 Ex 1:1-2:25 5:1-23 22:21 23:9 Le 19:34 De 10:19 Ps 105:11 Ps 105:12,23-25 Ac 7:6,7 Heb 11:8-13

four. Ex 12:40,41 Ga 3:17

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

that. 46:1-34 Ex 6:5,6 7:1-14:31 De 4:20 6:22 7:18,19 11:2-4 Jos 24:4-7,17 1Sa 12:8 Ne 9:9-11 Ps 51:4 78:43-51 105:27-37 Ps 135:9,14

with. Ex 3:21,22 12:35,36 Ps 105:37

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

And thou. 25:8 Nu 20:24 27:13 Jud 2:10 Job 5:26 Ec 12:7 Ac 13:36

in peace. 2Ch 34:28 Ps 37:37 Isa 57:1,2 Da 12:13 Mt 22:32 Heb 6:13-19 Heb 11:13-16

buried. 23:4,19 25:8,9 35:29 49:29,31 50:13 Ec 6:3 Jer 8:1,2

good. 25:7,8 1Ch 23:1 29:28 Job 5:26 42:17

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

in the. Ex 12:40

Amorites. 1Ki 21:26 2Pe 3:8,9

not. Da 8:23 Zec 5:5-11 Mt 23:32-35 1Th 2:16

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

smoking. Ex 3:2,3 De 4:20 Jud 6:21 13:20 1Ch 21:26 Isa 62:1 Jer 11:4

a burning lamp. Heb. a lamp of fire. 2Sa 22:9

passed. Jer 34:18,19

18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

made. 9:8-17 17:1-27 24:7 2Sa 23:5 Isa 55:3 Jer 31:31-34 32:40 Jer 33:20-26 Ga 3:15-17 Heb 13:20

Unto thy. 12:7 13:15 17:8 26:4 28:4,13,14 35:12 50:24 Ex 3:8 6:4 23:23 Ex 23:27-31 34:11 Nu 34:3 De 1:7,8 7:1 11:24 34:4 Jos 1:3,4 Jos 12:1-20 19:1-38 1Ki 4:21 2Ch 9:26 Ne 9:8 Ps 105:11

from. Nu 34:5 Jos 15:4 Isa 27:12

Euphrates. 2:14 2Sa 8:3 1Ch 5:9

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

Kenites. Nu 24:21,22

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

Rephaims. 14:5 Isa 17:5

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Amorites. 10:15-19 Ex 23:23-28 33:2 34:11 De 7:1

Girgashites. Mt 8:28