Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 15

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Genesis 15 . 1 , God encourages Abram , who complains for want of an heir; Genesis 15 . 4 , God promises him a son , and a multiplying of his seed; Genesis 15 . 6 , Abram is justified by faith; Genesis 15 . 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.

Genesis 15:1

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."

Genesis 15:1 · BSB

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Genesis 15:2

But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

Genesis 15:2 · BSB

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Genesis 15:3

Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

Genesis 15:3 · BSB

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Genesis 15:4

Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, "This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir."

Genesis 15:4 · BSB

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Genesis 15:5

And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be."

Genesis 15:5 · BSB

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Genesis 15:6

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:6 · BSB

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Genesis 15:7

The LORD also told him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."

Genesis 15:7 · BSB

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Genesis 15:8

But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?"

Genesis 15:8 · BSB

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Genesis 15:9

And the LORD said to him, "Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon."

Genesis 15:9 · BSB

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Genesis 15:10

So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

Genesis 15:10 · BSB

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Genesis 15:11

And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

Genesis 15:11 · BSB

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Genesis 15:12

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Genesis 15:12 · BSB

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Genesis 15:13

Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Genesis 15:13 · BSB

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Genesis 15:14

But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

Genesis 15:14 · BSB

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Genesis 15:15

You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

Genesis 15:15 · BSB

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Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

Genesis 15:16 · BSB

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Genesis 15:17

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

Genesis 15:17 · BSB

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Genesis 15:18

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Genesis 15:18 · BSB

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Genesis 15:19

the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

Genesis 15:19 · BSB

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Genesis 15:20

Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

Genesis 15:20 · BSB

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Genesis 15:21

Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Genesis 15:21 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web19 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Acts 7:6-7 → Genesis 15:13-14
Allusions Acts 20:32 → Genesis 15:7, Acts 7:5 → Genesis 15:7, Titus 3:7 → Genesis 15:1-6, Hebrews 11:8-19 → Genesis 15:6, Nehemiah 9:7-8 → Genesis 15:18, Nehemiah 9:7-8 → Genesis 15:6
Echoes 1 Thessalonians 2:16 → Genesis 15:16, Psalm 106:29-31 → Genesis 15:6
Trajectories
Abraham (Father of Faith), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry), Two Covenants (Law and Promise), Wilderness Testing (Faith Through Trial)
Longitudinal Themes
Covenant, Land and Inheritance, Law and Righteousness
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Genesis 15.6 - Abraham Believed God
Chiasms
Shaped Genesis 15:1–18
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