And foundest his heart faithful before thee
A true believer in his word and promises, ( Genesis 15:6
) and closely attached to the fear of him, and observance of his
commands, as abundantly appeared in the trial of him, in offering
up his son, ( Genesis 22:1
Genesis
22:2 Genesis
22:12 ) ,
and madest a covenant with him, to give the land of the
Canaanites,
the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Jebusites,
and the Girgashites, to give it, [I say], to his
seed;
not to him personally, but to his posterity, at least including
and chiefly designing them; of which covenant see ( Genesis
15:18-21 ) ,
and hast performed thy words,
for thou art righteous; in all his ways and works, faithful to
his promise, a covenant keeping God, and who kept and fulfilled
this covenant, assisting Joshua to conquer the land of Canaan,
and put Israel into the possession of it.
