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Verse	Translation	Text
Ge 15:2	Strong Concordance	And Abram [087] said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], what wilt thou give [05414] me, seeing I go [01980] childless [06185], and the steward [01121] [04943] of my house [01004] is this [01931] Eliezer [0461] of Damascus [01834]?
	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?

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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.

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)

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.

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¹ After [0310] these things [01697] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came [01961] unto Abram [087] in a vision [04236], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not, Abram [087]: I am thy shield [04043], and thy exceeding [03966] great [07235] reward [07939].

³ And this [01931] man [0376] went up [05927] out of his city [05892] yearly [03117] [03117] to worship [07812] and to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] in Shiloh [07887]. And the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068], were there.

³³ And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].

¹ And when Abram [087] was ninety [08673] [08141] years [08141] old [01121] and nine [08672], the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Abram [087], and said [0559] unto him, I am the Almighty [07706] God [0410]; walk [01980] before me [06440], and be thou perfect [08549].

² And Abram [087] said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], what wilt thou give [05414] me, seeing I go [01980] childless [06185], and the steward [01121] [04943] of my house [01004] is this [01931] Eliezer [0461] of Damascus [01834]?

¹⁸ And Melchizedek [04442] king [04428] of Salem [08004] brought forth [03318] bread [03899] and wine [03196]: and he was the priest [03548] of the most high [05945] God [0410].

⁷ And the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] man [0120] of the dust [06083] of [04480] the ground [0127], and breathed [05301] into his nostrils [0639] the breath [05397] of life [02416]; and man [0120] became a living [02416] soul [05315].

⁴ These [0428] are the generations [08435] of the heavens [08064] and of the earth [0776] when they were created [01254], in the day [03117] that the LORD [03068] God [0430] made [06213] the earth [0776] and the heavens [08064],

¹ In the beginning [07225] God [0430] created [01254] [0853] the heaven [08064] and [0853] the earth [0776].

⁷ Thus [03541] saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], It shall not stand [06965], neither shall it come to pass.

⁵ For thou art my hope [08615], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: thou art my trust [04009] from my youth [05271].

⁶ Let not them that wait [06960] on thee, O Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635], be ashamed [0954] for my sake: let not those that seek [01245] thee be confounded [03637] for my sake, O God [0430] of Israel [03478].

²⁶ And unto Abiathar [054] the priest [03548] said [0559] the king [04428], Get [03212] thee to Anathoth [06068], unto thine own fields [07704]; for thou art worthy [0376] of death [04194]: but I will not at this time [03117] put thee to death [04191], because thou barest [05375] the ark [0727] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] before [06440] David [01732] my father [01], and because thou hast been afflicted [06031] in all wherein my father [01] was afflicted [06031].

²⁹ Therefore now let it please [02974] thee to bless [01288] the house [01004] of thy servant [05650], that it may continue for ever [05769] before [06440] thee: for thou, O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], hast spoken [01696] it: and with thy blessing [01293] let the house [01004] of thy servant [05650] be blessed [01288] for ever [05769].

²⁸ And now, O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], thou art that God [0430], and thy words [01697] be true [0571], and thou hast promised [01696] this goodness [02896] unto thy servant [05650]:

¹⁸ Then went [0935] king [04428] David [01732] in, and sat [03427] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and he said [0559], Who am I, O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]? and what is my house [01004], that thou hast brought [0935] me hitherto [01988]?
¹⁹ And this was yet a small thing [06994] in thy sight [05869], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; but thou hast spoken [01696] also of thy servant's [05650] house [01004] for a great while to come [07350]. And is this the manner [08452] of man [0120], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]?
²⁰ And what can [03254] David [01732] say [01696] more [03254] unto thee? for thou, Lord [0136] GOD [03069], knowest [03045] thy servant [05650].

²⁸ And Samson [08123] called [07121] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], remember [02142] me, I pray thee, and strengthen [02388] me, I pray thee, only this once [06471], O God [0430], that I may be at once [0259] avenged [05358] [05359] of the Philistines [06430] for my two [08147] eyes [05869].

²² And when Gideon [01439] perceived [07200] that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], Gideon [01439] said [0559], Alas [0162], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]! for because [03651] I have seen [07200] an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] face [06440] to face [06440].

⁷ And Joshua [03091] said [0559], Alas, O [0162] Lord [0136] GOD [03069], wherefore hast thou at all [05674] brought [05674] this people [05971] over [05674] Jordan [03383], to deliver [05414] us into the hand [03027] of the Amorites [0567], to destroy [06] us? would to God [03863] we had been content [02974], and dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383]!

²⁶ I prayed [06419] therefore unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], destroy [07843] not thy people [05971] and thine inheritance [05159], which thou hast redeemed [06299] through thy greatness [01433], which thou hast brought forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714] with a mighty [02389] hand [03027].

²⁴ O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], thou hast begun [02490] to shew [07200] thy servant [05650] thy greatness [01433], and thy mighty [02389] hand [03027]: for what God [0410] is there in heaven [08064] or in earth [0776], that can do [06213] according to thy works [04639], and according to thy might [01369]?

⁸ And he said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], whereby [04100] shall I know [03045] that I shall inherit it [03423]?

³³ And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].

¹⁸ And Melchizedek [04442] king [04428] of Salem [08004] brought forth [03318] bread [03899] and wine [03196]: and he was the priest [03548] of the most high [05945] God [0410].

¹ In the beginning [07225] God [0430] created [01254] [0853] the heaven [08064] and [0853] the earth [0776].

⁸ O [0994] Lord [0136], what shall I say [0559], when [0310] Israel [03478] turneth [02015] their backs [06203] before [06440] their enemies [0341] !
⁹ For the Canaanites [03669] and all the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] shall hear [08085] of it, and shall environ us round [05437], and cut off [03772] our name [08034] from the earth [0776]: and what wilt thou do [06213] unto thy great [01419] name [08034]?
¹⁰ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Get thee up [06965]; wherefore liest [05307] thou thus upon thy face [06440]?
¹¹ Israel [03478] hath sinned [02398], and they have also transgressed [05674] my covenant [01285] which I commanded [06680] them: for they have even taken [03947] of the accursed thing [02764], and have also stolen [01589], and dissembled [03584] also, and they have put [07760] it even among their own stuff [03627].

¹⁰ And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto the LORD [03068], O [0994] my Lord [0136], I [0376] am not eloquent [01697], neither heretofore [08032] [08543], nor since [0227] thou hast spoken [01696] unto thy servant [05650]: but I am slow [03515] of speech [06310], and of a slow [03515] tongue [03956].
¹¹ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Who hath made [07760] man's [0120] mouth [06310]? or who maketh [07760] the dumb [0483], or deaf [02795], or the seeing [06493], or the blind [05787]? have not I the LORD [03068]?
¹² Now therefore go [03212], and I will be with thy mouth [06310], and teach [03384] thee what thou shalt say [01696].

⁸ Also I heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the Lord [0136], saying [0559], Whom shall I send [07971], and who will go [03212] for us? Then said [0559] I, Here am I; send [07971] me.
⁹ And he said [0559], Go [03212], and tell [0559] this people [05971], Hear [08085] ye indeed [08085], but understand [0995] not; and see [07200] ye indeed [07200], but perceive [03045] not.
¹⁰ Make the heart [03820] of this people [05971] fat [08080], and make their ears [0241] heavy [03513], and shut [08173] their eyes [05869]; lest they see [07200] with their eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with their ears [0241], and understand [0995] with their heart [03824], and convert [07725], and be healed [07495].
¹¹ Then said [0559] I, Lord [0136], how long? And he answered [0559], Until the cities [05892] be wasted [07582] without inhabitant [03427], and the houses [01004] without man [0120], and the land [0127] be utterly [08077] desolate [07582],

⁴⁶ And [1161] why [5101] call ye [2564] me [3165], Lord [2962], Lord [2962], and [2532] do [4160] not [3756] the things which [3739] I say [3004]?

¹⁰ Neither [3366] be ye called [2564] masters [2519]: for [1063] one [1520] is [2076] your [5216] Master [2519], even Christ [5547].

¹³ Ye [5210] call [5455] me [3165] Master [1320] and [2532] Lord [2962]: and [2532] ye say [3004] well [2573]; for [1063] so I am [1510].

³ But [1161] I fear [5399], lest [3381] by any means [4458], as [5613] the serpent [3789] beguiled [1818] Eve [2096] through [1722] his [846] subtilty [3834], so [3779] your [5216] minds [3540] should be corrupted [5351] from [575] the simplicity [572] that is in [1519] Christ [5547].

² For [1063] I am jealous [2206] over you [5209] with godly [2316] jealousy [2205]: for [1063] I have espoused [718] you [5209] to one [1520] husband [435], that I may present [3936] you as a chaste [53] virgin [3933] to Christ [5547].

¹³ Ye [5210] call [5455] me [3165] Master [1320] and [2532] Lord [2962]: and [2532] ye say [3004] well [2573]; for [1063] so I am [1510].

¹² Therefore Sarah [08283] laughed [06711] within herself [07130], saying [0559], After [0310] I am waxed old [01086] shall I have pleasure [05730], my lord [0113] being old also [02204]?

¹² And he said [0559], O LORD [03068] God [0430] of my master [0113] Abraham [085], I pray thee, send me [06440] good speed [07136] this day [03117], and shew [06213] kindness [02617] unto [05973] my master [0113] Abraham [085].

¹⁰ And the servant [05650] took [03947] ten [06235] camels [01581] of the camels [01581] of his master [0113], and departed [03212]; for all the goods [02898] of his master [0113] were in his hand [03027]: and he arose [06965], and went [03212] to Mesopotamia [0763], unto the city [05892] of Nahor [05152].

⁹ And the servant [05650] put [07760] his hand [03027] under the thigh [03409] of Abraham [085] his master [0113], and sware [07650] to him concerning [05921] that [02088] matter [01697].

¹⁹ [1161] There was [2258] a certain [5100] rich [4145] man [444], which [2532] was clothed [1737] in purple [4209] and [2532] fine linen [1040], and fared [2165] sumptuously [2988] every [2596] day [2250]: