Genesis 15 “ he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir ”

Genesis 15Genesis 15

““he that shall come forth out of he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine thine own bowels shall be thine

heirheir””

Genesis 15:1Genesis 15:1

After these things After these things the word of the the word of the LORD came unto LORD came unto Abram in a vision, Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great exceeding great reward. reward.

Matthew 25:24-25, 30Matthew 25:24-25, 30 Then he which had received the one Then he which had received the one

talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: gathering where thou hast not strawed:

And I was afraid, and went and hid thy And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, [there] thou hast talent in the earth: lo, [there] thou hast [that is] thine. [that is] thine.

And cast ye the unprofitable servant And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. weeping and gnashing of teeth.


And Abram said, Lord GOD, what And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?Damascus?

Genesis 15:3-4Genesis 15:3-4

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.in my house is mine heir.

And, behold, the word of the LORD And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto him, saying, This shall [came] unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.shall be thine heir.


And he brought him forth abroad, and And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.So shall thy seed be.

And he believed in the LORD; and he And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.counted it to him for righteousness.

Psalm 147:4Psalm 147:4

He telleth the number of the stars; He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.he calleth them all by [their] names.

James 2:21-23James 2:21-23

Was not Abraham our father justified Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? his son upon the altar?

Seest thou how faith wrought with Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith his works, and by works was faith made perfect? made perfect?

And the scripture was fulfilled which And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Friend of God.

Romans 4:13-22Romans 4:13-22 For the promise, that he should be the For the promise, that he should be the

heir of the world, [was] not to heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of law, but through the righteousness of faith. faith.

For if they which are of the law [be] For if they which are of the law [be] heirs, faith is made void, and the heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: promise made of none effect:

Because the law worketh wrath: for Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no where no law is, [there is] no transgression. transgression.

Romans 4:13-22 cont.Romans 4:13-22 cont. Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be]

by grace; to the end the promise might by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, father of us all,

(As it is written, I have made thee a (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. things which be not as though they were.

Romans 4:13-22 cont.Romans 4:13-22 cont. Who against hope believed in hope, Who against hope believed in hope,

that he might become the father of that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

And being not weak in faith, he And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: womb:

Romans 4:13-22 cont.Romans 4:13-22 cont. He staggered not at the promise of God He staggered not at the promise of God

through unbelief; but was strong in through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; faith, giving glory to God;

And being fully persuaded that, what And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to he had promised, he was able also to perform. perform.

And therefore it was imputed to him for And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. righteousness.


And he said unto him, I [am] the And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.to inherit it.


And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said unto him, Take me an And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.a young pigeon.

Deuteronomy 21:3-4Deuteronomy 21:3-4

And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] next unto the slain man, even the next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke; yoke;

And the elders of that city shall bring And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: the valley:


And he took unto him all these, and And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.the birds divided he not.


And when the fowls came down upon And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them the carcases, Abram drove them away. away.

And when the sun was going down, a And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon an horror of great darkness fell upon him. him.


And he said unto Abram, Know of a And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; afflict them four hundred years;


And also that nation, whom they shall And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. they come out with great substance.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. old age.

But in the fourth generation they shall But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full. the Amorites [is] not yet full.


And it came to pass, that, when the And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between burning lamp that passed between those pieces.those pieces.

Isaiah 4:5Isaiah 4:5

And the LORD will create upon every And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence. glory [shall be] a defence.

Exodus 19:18Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. mount quaked greatly.


And the LORD went before them by And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: day and night:


And all the people saw the And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off. stood afar off.

Micah 3:6Micah 3:6

Therefore night [shall be] unto you, Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. be dark over them.


In the same day the LORD made a In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: river, the river Euphrates:


The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, the Kadmonites,

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Rephaims,

And the Amorites, and the And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. the Jebusites.

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