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God's Patient Justice
Commentators stress that God's plan to give Canaan to Israel was not arbitrary but an act of justice. God would only dispossess the Amorites after their "iniquity was full," demonstrating His patience by giving them centuries to repent. Their eventual removal was a righteous judgment for their persistent sin, not simply a land grant for Israel's benefit.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 15:1–21
18th Century
Theologian
- דבר dābār — “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign of the thing.
- אדני 'ǎdonāy — “Adonai, the…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 15:16
19th Century
Bishop
The fourth generation. —Heb. dôr. (See Note on Genesis 6:9.) As the four generations are identical with the four centurie…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 15:14–17
19th Century
Preacher
True emblems of the Church of God with her smoke and her light, her trying affliction, yet the grace by which she still keeps burning and shining i…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 15:16
16th Century
Theologian
The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. The reason given here is considered absurd, as it seems to imply that Abram's sons could not…
John Gill
On Genesis 15:16
17th Century
Pastor
And in the fourth generation they shall come here again ,
&c.] The seed of Abram were in the land of Canaan before t…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 15:12–16
17th Century
Minister
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…