Genesis 15:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 15:13

11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

12 Now when the sun was going down, ^aa deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.

13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly ^athat your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and ^bthey will afflict them four hundred years.

14 And also the nation whom they serve ^aI will judge; afterward ^bthey shall come out with great possessions.

15 Now as for you, ^ayou shall go ^bto your fathers in peace; ^cyou shall be buried at a good old age.

16 But ^ain the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity ^bof the Amorites ^cis not yet complete.”

17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that ^apassed between those pieces.

18 On the same day the Lord ^amade a covenant with Abram, saying: ^b“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,

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Definitions of words in Genesis 15:13:

Abram {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Abram {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Abram {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Four {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hundred {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Genesis 15:13:

Christ, Offices Of {I.S.B.E.}
Covenant, In The Old Testament {I.S.B.E.}

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