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Selected Verse: Genesis 15:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 15:2 |
King James |
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Lord God, what wilt thou give?--To his mind the declaration, "I am thy exceeding great reward" [Gen 15:1], had but one meaning, or was viewed but in one particular light, as bearing on the fulfilment of the promise, and he was still experiencing the sickness of hope deferred. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
1) "Lord" (Hebrew, Adon, Adonai)
(1) The primary meaning of Adon, Adonai, is Master, and it is applied in the Old Testament Scriptures both to Deity and to man. The latter instances are distinguished in the English version by the omission of the capital. As applied to man, the word is used of two relationships; master and husband (Gen 24:9); (Gen 24:10); (Gen 24:12) "master" may illustrate the former; (Gen 18:12) "lord," the latter). Both these relationships exist between Christ and the believer (Joh 13:13) "master"; (Co2 11:2); (Co2 11:3) "husband").
(2) Two principles inhere in the relation of master and servant:
(a) the Master's right to implicit obedience (Joh 13:13); (Mat 23:10); (Luk 6:46).
(b) the servant's right to direction in service (Isa 6:8-11).
Clear distinction in the use of the divine names is illustrated in (Exo 4:10-12). Moses feels his weakness and incompetency, and "Moses said unto the Lord Jehovah, O my Lord Adonai, I am not eloquent," etc. Since service is in question, Moses appropriately addresses Jehovah as Lord. But now power is in question, and it not the Lord (Adonai) but Jehovah (Lord) who answers (referring to creation power) -- "and Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? . . Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth." The same distinction in (Jos 7:8-11). See, for other names of Deity:
(See Scofield) - (Gen 1:1).
(See Scofield) - (Gen 2:4
(See Scofield) - (Gen 2:7).
(See Scofield) - (Gen 14:18
(See Scofield) - (Gen 15:2
(See Scofield) - (Gen 17:1
(See Scofield) - (Gen 21:33
(See Scofield) - (Sa1 1:3)
2) "Lord God" (Hebrew, Adonai Jehovah). When used distinctively, this compound name, while gathering into one the special meanings of each
(See Scofield) - (Gen 2:4).
(See Scofield) - (Gen 15:2)
will be found to emphasize the Adonai rather than the Jehovah character of Deity. (The following passages may suffice to illustrate this:) (Gen 15:2); (Gen 15:8); (Deu 3:24); (Deu 9:26); (Jos 7:7); (Jdg 6:22); (Jdg 16:28); (Sa2 7:18-20); (Sa2 7:28); (Sa2 7:29); (Kg1 2:26); (Psa 69:6); (Psa 71:5); (Isa 7:7).
See, for other names of Deity:
(See Scofield) - (Gen 1:1).
(See Scofield) - (Gen 2:4).
(See Scofield) - (Gen 2:7)
(See Scofield) - (Gen 14:18).
(See Scofield) - (Gen 15:2
(See Scofield) - (Gen 17:1
(See Scofield) - (Gen 21:33
(See Scofield) - (Sa1 1:3) |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. See Ward.
And the steward of my house - Abram, understanding the promise as relating to that person who was to spring from his family, in whom all the nations of the earth should be blessed, expresses his surprise that there should be such a promise, and yet he is about to die childless! How then can the promise be fulfilled, when, far from a spiritual seed, he has not even a person in his family that has a natural right to his property, and that a stranger is likely to be his heir? This seems to be the general sense of the passage; but who this steward of his house, this Eliezer of Damascus, was, commentators are not agreed. The translation of the Septuagint is at least curious: Ὁδε υἱος Μασεκ της οικολενους μου, οὑτος Δαμασκος Ελιεζερ·. The son of Masek my homeborn maid, this Eliezer of Damascus, is my heir; which intimates that they supposed משק meshek, which we translate steward, to have been the name of a female slave, born in the family of Abram, of whom was born this Eliezer, who on account of the country either of his father or mother, was called a Damascene or one of Damascus. It is extremely probable that our Lord has this passage in view in his parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Luk 16:19. From the name Eliezer, by leaving out the first letter, Liezer is formed, which makes Lazarus in the New Testament, the person who, from an abject and distressed state, was raised to lie in the bosom of Abraham in paradise. |
1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: