Gen 15:17-21 - Commentary

Commentary

Old Testament : Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes The Song of Songs Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

New Testament : Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation

collapse all

Text -- Genesis 15:17-21 (NET)

Strongs On/Off

Context

15:17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts. 15:18 That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River– 15:19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 15:20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 15:21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

Parallel

Cross Reference (TSK)

ITL

Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Abram the son of Terah of Shem

· Amorites members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

· Canaanite residents of the region of Canaan

· Egypt descendants of Mizraim

· Euphrates a large river which joins the Tigris river before flowing into the Persian Gulf,a river flowing from eastern Turkey to the Persian Gulf

· Girgashite members of a clan of Canaan

· Hittite a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

· Jebusite resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem)

· Kadmonites residents of the region east of Judah

· Kenite resident(s) of the southeastern hill country of Judah

· Kenizzite resident(s) of the region of Judah before conquest

· Perizzite a people of ancient Canaan in the later territory of Ephraim

· Rephaim a tall ancient people in the land east of the Jordan,a fertile valley on the boundary of Judah and Benjamin (OS)

Table of Contents

Verse Notes / Footnotes NET Notes

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 15:17 Heb “these pieces.”

NET Notes: Gen 15:18 The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile.

NET Notes: Gen 15:19 The words “the land” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: Gen 15:21 Each of the names in the list has the Hebrew definite article, which is used here generically for the class of people identified.

Advanced Commentary (Dictionaries, Hymns, Arts, Sermon Illustration, Question and Answers, etc)