--- title: "Genesis 15 - Study King James Bible" description: "Read Genesis 15 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/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 am 2093, bc 1911 **in:** [Genesis 46:2](/kjv/genesis/46/2), [Numbers 12:6](/kjv/numbers/12/6), [1 Samuel 9:9](/kjv/1-samuel/9/9), [Ezekiel 1:1](/kjv/ezekiel/1/1), [Ezekiel 3:4](/kjv/ezekiel/3/4), [Ezekiel 11:24](/kjv/ezekiel/11/24), [Daniel 10:1-16](/kjv/daniel/10/1-16), [Acts 10:10-17](/kjv/acts/10/10-17), [Acts 10:22](/kjv/acts/10/22), [Hebrews 1:1](/kjv/hebrews/1/1) **Fear:** [Genesis 15:14-16](/kjv/genesis/15/14-16), [Genesis 26:24](/kjv/genesis/26/24), [Genesis 46:3](/kjv/genesis/46/3), [Exodus 14:13](/kjv/exodus/14/13), [Deuteronomy 31:6](/kjv/deuteronomy/31/6), [1 Chronicles 28:20](/kjv/1-chronicles/28/20), [Psalms 27:1](/kjv/psalms/27/1), [Isaiah 35:4](/kjv/isaiah/35/4), [Isaiah 41:10](/kjv/isaiah/41/10), [Isaiah 41:14](/kjv/isaiah/41/14), [Isaiah 43:1](/kjv/isaiah/43/1), [Isaiah 43:5](/kjv/isaiah/43/5), [Isaiah 44:2](/kjv/isaiah/44/2), [Isaiah 44:8](/kjv/isaiah/44/8), [Isaiah 51:12](/kjv/isaiah/51/12), [Daniel 10:12](/kjv/daniel/10/12), [Matthew 8:26](/kjv/matthew/8/26), [Matthew 10:28-31](/kjv/matthew/10/28-31), [Matthew 28:5](/kjv/matthew/28/5), [Luke 1:13](/kjv/luke/1/13), [Luke 1:30](/kjv/luke/1/30), [Luke 12:32](/kjv/luke/12/32), [Revelation 1:17](/kjv/revelation/1/17) **thy shield:** [Deuteronomy 33:29](/kjv/deuteronomy/33/29), [Psalms 3:3](/kjv/psalms/3/3), [Psalms 5:12](/kjv/psalms/5/12), [Psalms 18:2](/kjv/psalms/18/2), [Psalms 84:9](/kjv/psalms/84/9), [Psalms 84:11](/kjv/psalms/84/11), [Psalms 91:4](/kjv/psalms/91/4), [Psalms 119:114](/kjv/psalms/119/114), [Proverbs 30:5](/kjv/proverbs/30/5) **and thy:** [Deuteronomy 33:26-29](/kjv/deuteronomy/33/26-29), [Ruth 2:12](/kjv/ruth/2/12), [Psalms 16:5](/kjv/psalms/16/5), [Psalms 16:6](/kjv/psalms/16/6), [Psalms 58:11](/kjv/psalms/58/11), [Psalms 142:5](/kjv/psalms/142/5), [Proverbs 11:18](/kjv/proverbs/11/18), [Lamentations 3:24](/kjv/lamentations/3/24), [1 Corinthians 3:22](/kjv/1-corinthians/3/22), [Hebrews 13:5](/kjv/hebrews/13/5), [Hebrews 13:6](/kjv/hebrews/13/6), [Revelation 21:3](/kjv/revelation/21/3), [Revelation 21:4](/kjv/revelation/21/4) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 18:1](/kjv/genesis/18/1) - appeared [Genesis 21:17](/kjv/genesis/21/17) - fear [Genesis 24:12](/kjv/genesis/24/12) - O Lord [Genesis 28:12](/kjv/genesis/28/12) - he dreamed [Genesis 28:13](/kjv/genesis/28/13) - I am [Exodus 3:12](/kjv/exodus/3/12) - Certainly [Exodus 3:18](/kjv/exodus/3/18) - met [Deuteronomy 18:2](/kjv/deuteronomy/18/2) - the Lord [1 Samuel 3:21](/kjv/1-samuel/3/21) - appeared [1 Samuel 25:29](/kjv/1-samuel/25/29) - bound [2 Samuel 2:7](/kjv/2-samuel/2/7) - let your [2 Samuel 22:3](/kjv/2-samuel/22/3) - shield [2 Samuel 22:36](/kjv/2-samuel/22/36) - the shield [2 Kings 1:15](/kjv/2-kings/1/15) - be not afraid of him [2 Chronicles 15:7](/kjv/2-chronicles/15/7) - your work [Job 1:10](/kjv/job/1/10) - an hedge [Job 22:25](/kjv/job/22/25) - the Almighty [Psalms 7:10](/kjv/psalms/7/10) - My [Psalms 28:7](/kjv/psalms/28/7) - shield [Psalms 89:18](/kjv/psalms/89/18) - the Lord is [Isaiah 51:2](/kjv/isaiah/51/2) - unto Abraham [Jeremiah 30:10](/kjv/jeremiah/30/10) - fear [Jeremiah 39:17](/kjv/jeremiah/39/17) - of whom [Daniel 7:1](/kjv/daniel/7/1) - visions [Joel 2:21](/kjv/joel/2/21) - Fear [Matthew 5:12](/kjv/matthew/5/12) - for great [John 10:35](/kjv/john/10/35) - unto [Acts 27:24](/kjv/acts/27/24) - Fear not [Romans 8:31](/kjv/romans/8/31) - If [2 Corinthians 4:17](/kjv/2-corinthians/4/17) - far [Galatians 4:7](/kjv/galatians/4/7) - heir [Ephesians 6:16](/kjv/ephesians/6/16) - the shield [Colossians 3:24](/kjv/colossians/3/24) - ye shall [Hebrews 11:6](/kjv/hebrews/11/6) - a rewarder ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/genesis/15#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/genesis/15#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/genesis/15","name":"Genesis 15 - 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