--- title: "Genesis 15 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Genesis 15 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abr" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/genesis/15" --- [ Read](/kjv/genesis/15)[ Commentary](/study/genesis/15)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/genesis/15) Audio 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I *am* thy shield, *and* thy exceeding great reward. 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? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 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. 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. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 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. 8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 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. 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. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 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; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites *is* not yet full. 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.* 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: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. [Genesis 14](/study/genesis/14) [Genesis 16](/study/genesis/16) ## Commentary To verse 1 ***[Genesis 15:1](/kjv/genesis/15/1)*****.*****The word of the Lord,*****&c.—** This is the first time that this expression occurs, דבראּיהוה *debar Jehovah, the word of Jehovah,*which many suppose to be characteristic of the second Divine Person, who is the WORD, [John 1:1](/kjv/john/1/1). And possibly it is first used here, as the chapter contains a *prophetic account*of Abram's posterity, which this *word*of the Lord delivered, *in a vision,*says our translation; whence many suppose, that this was either a *vision*of the night, when Abram was asleep; or such an *exstatic trance,*as that of St. Peter's, mentioned [Acts 10:10](/kjv/acts/10/10), or of St. Paul's, [2 Corinthians 12:2](/kjv/2-corinthians/12/2). But neither of these appears true, as Abram is represented not only *awake,*but acting entirely as such throughout the transaction. And the original word appears to me to give no countenance to these opinions; it is מחזה *maczeh,*which signifies, 1st, *simple vision*or *sight,*and then *prophetic sight,*or *prophecy*, simply, in which sense it is used in a variety of places. So that I apprehend all that is meant here is, that *the word of the Lord came to Abram in or with a prophecy*—to give him a *foresight*of things to come: and probably prophecy is derived in the Hebrew from a word signifying to *see*, because it gives this foresight. The Chaldee paraphrast agrees with me in this exposition, rendering it, *in prophecy.* ***Fear not,*****&c.—** There must have been some reason, one would imagine, for this assurance from God; some *fear*in Abram, either expressed or concealed in his heart, to which the Omniscient was privy. Several commentators think, that such a fear might arise from his apprehension of a return of those enemies whom he had vanquished, and who, being powerful, might destroy him and his: and the declaration from God, *I am thy shield,* thy protection, seems to favour such an opinion. But, might I conjecture, I should rather think, that as this whole chapter refers to Abram's concern about his posterity, the phrase, *"Fear not,*be not dejected," refers to his apprehension of dying childless. And in this view I would read the second verse (as it may be read) in a parenthesis thus, (FOR or BUT *Abram*HAD *said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,*&c.) *Abram had* *said this*in the fear of his heart, upon which the Lord vouchsafed this prophetical *view*to him, and this strong renovation of the covenant. In this light all follows very properly. Abram had said so and so in [2 Corinthians 12:2](/kjv/2-corinthians/12/2). Upon this God appears, and says, I an thy shield; thy exceeding great reward. The patriarch then freely opens the anxious apprehension of his heart: *behold, to me thou hast*yet *given no seed,*&c. upon which God proceeds to assure him of posterity. **REFLECTIONS.—**Abram is favoured with frequent manifestations of the Divine Presence. He was met by kings, but now by the King of kings. God spoke to him in prophecy, and very probably at the same time in some glorious representation of himself, such as was the Schechinah: while the natural man dreads every appearance from another world, as boding no good to him, the soul that hath its affections there, has nothing thence to fear, but every thing to hope for. We have, 1. God's encouragement: "Fear not, Abram." All his victories had not entirely removed his fears. O why is not our faith in so good and so faithful a God at all times complete! 2. His promise. (1.) *I am thy shield:*therefore no reason had he to apprehend any danger. God is his people's guardian: none can approach to hurt those, over whom the shield of Almighty Love is held. (2.) *I am thy exceeding great reward.*Every thing beside to a believing soul is light in the balance. The enjoyment of the Blessed God is the *ultimatum,*the whole of his felicity. 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