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Genesis 15:13-21

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13 Then the LORD said to him, "You can be sure of what I am about to tell you. Your children who live after you will be strangers in a country that does not belong to them. They will become slaves. They will be treated badly for 400 years.
14 But I will punish the nation that makes them slaves. After that, they will leave with all kinds of valuable things.
15 "But you will die in peace. You will join the members of your family who have already died. You will be buried when you are very old.
16 "Your children's grandchildren will come back here. That is because the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached the point where I must judge them."
17 The sun set and darkness fell. Then a burning torch and a fire pot filled with smoke appeared. They passed between the pieces of the animals.
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I am giving this land to your children after you. It reaches from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
19 It includes the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20 Hittites, Perizzites and Rephaites.
21 The Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites also live there."
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Genesis 15:13-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 15

This chapter informs us of a gracious appearance of God to Abram, and of a kind promise made unto him, Ge 15:1; of Abram's request for an heir, Ge 15:2,3; of an answer to it, that he should have one, and even a numberless seed, Ge 15:4,5; which he gave credit to, Ge 15:6; upon which he has a fresh promise of the land of Canaan, Ge 15:7; of his inheriting of which he desires a sign, and this was given him, Ge 15:8-12; and at the same time it was predicted to him how long his posterity should be afflicted in a land not theirs, and afterwards come out with great substance, Ge 15:13-16; and the grant of the land of Canaan to his seed is renewed, Ge 15:17-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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