Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,.... As if he should say, what signifies what thou givest me of temporal blessings, if thou withholdest from me the blessing of…

- The Faith of Abram 1. דבר dābār, “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign of the thing. 2. אדני 'ǎdonāy, “Adonai, the Lord;” related: “bring down, lay down.” This is the name usually read in…

What wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless - The anxiety of the Asiatics to have offspring is intense and universal. Among the Hindoos the want of children renders all other blessings of no esteem.…

We have here the assurance given to Abram of a numerous offspring which should descend from him, in which observe,

I. Abram's repeated complaint, Gen 15:2, Gen 15:3. This was that which gave occasion…

Lord God God = Heb. Jehovah, as in other places where it is put in capitals. "Adonai Jehovah": this combination of sacred names occurs only here, Gen 15:15, and Deu 3:24; Deu 9:26, in the Pentateuch.…