1. דבר dābār — “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign of the thing.
2. אדני 'ǎdonāy — “Adonai, the…

When the sun was going down. —The time described was the evening following the night on which he had received the assuran…

He had asked for a manifestation, a sign, a token, and, see, it comes in the horror of great darkness. Do not be afraid, beloved, if your …

A deep sleep fell upon Abram. The vision is now mingled with a dream. Thus, the Lord here joins those two kinds of communication together,…

And when the sun was going down
Just setting, descending below the hemisphere; or "about to enter" ^F13 in…

A deep sleep fell upon Abram; with this sleep a horror of great darkness fell upon him: a sudden change. The children of light do not always walk i…