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Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission
Summary Chart of The Book of Genesis |
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Focus | Foundation Events (Four Events) (Events Predominant) |
Foundation People (Four People) (People Predominant) |
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Divisions | Creation (Ge 1-2) |
Fall (Ge 3-5) |
Flood (Ge 6-9) |
Nations (Ge 10-12) |
Abraham's Faith (Ge 12-24) |
Isaac's Family (Ge 25-26) |
Jacob's Conflicts (Ge 27-36) |
Joseph's Calamity (Ge 37-50) |
Topics | Beginning of the Human Race (Race As A Whole) |
Beginning of the Hebrew Race (Family of Abraham) |
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Faithfulness of Mankind (Noah) |
Faithfulness of One Man's Family (Abraham) |
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Historical | Biographical | |||||||
Place | Eastward From Eden to Ur |
Westward From Canaan to Egypt |
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Time | ~2000+ Years (20% of Genesis) (~4004-2090BC) |
About 300 Years 193 Yr in Canaan, 93 Yr in Egypt (80% of Genesis) (2090-1804BC) |
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Primeval History of Humanity |
Patriarchal History of Israel |
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Author | Moses |
HENRY ALFORD
PAUL APPLE
JACK ARNOLD
ART WORK
BILL BALDWIN - sermons somewhat of an outline format
ALBERT BARNES
JOSEPH BENSON
BIBLE.ORG
BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR
JIM BOMKAMP
GREGORY BROWN GENESIS COMMENTARY
Modern commentary - published July, 2017.
- How to Battle Fear, Doubt, and Discouragement (Genesis 15:1–6)
- How to Strengthen Our Faith (Genesis 15:7–21)
GEORGE BUSH
ALAN CARR
RICH CATHERS
ADAM CLARKE
JOHN CALVIN
CAMBRIDGE BIBLE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
ROBERT S CANDLISH
- Genesis 15 - Justification by Faith-Insight into Things to Come
OSWALD CHAMBERS
STEVEN COLE - highly recommended
- Making God’s Promises Yours (Genesis 15:1-6)
- Justification by Faith Alone (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:1-5)
- Assurance (Genesis 15:7-21)
THOMAS CONSTABLE
F C COOK, EDITOR (1871)
W A CRISWELL
JOHN CUMMING - 1854
FRANK DECANIO
BOB DEFFINBAUGH
FRANZ DELITZSCH
AUGUST DILMAN - 1897
J LIGON DUNCAN III, et. al.
S R DRIVER
JOHN DUMMELOW
HARLES ELLICOTT
EASY ENGLISH
THEODORE EPP
- Genesis 15:1-6 The Believer's Reward
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE - Marcus Dods
EXPOSITOR'S DICTIONARY
ARNO C. GAEBELEIN
RICHARD GAMBLE
GENE GETZ
- Genesis; Principle #21; Gen. 14:1-15:1; p. 22 Growing in Faith: When we face periods of doubt and fear, we are to look to God to protect us and to meet our needs Video
- Genesis; Principle #22; Gen. 15:2-6; p. 22 Justified by Faith: No matter what our religious background, we must personalize our faith in God and in His Son, Jesus Christ Video
JOHN GILL
GOSPEL COALITION
GRACE NOTES - 892 pages
BRUCE GOETTSCHE
- Genesis 15:1 God Alone
- Genesis 15:6 The Gospel - Plain and Simple
- Genesis 15:7-20 The Promise and the Firepot
ROBERT P GORDON
GOTQUESTIONS
- What was a blood covenant (Genesis 15:9-21)?
- Why did God send the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years (Genesis 15:13)?
L M GRANT
W H GRIFFITH-THOMAS
WILLIAM H GREEN 1895
JAMES GRAY
DAVE GUZIK
HYMNS RELATING
MATTHEW HENRY
TED HILDEBRANDT
HOLMAN PUBLISHING
DAVID HOLWICK
JAMIESON, FAUSSET, BROWN
S LEWIS JOHNSON
LOWELL JOHNSON
Click for sermons below - scroll down
- Reaffirming the Promise - Genesis 15:1-6
- Abrahamic Covenant - Genesis 15:7-21
KEIL & DELITZSCH
JOHN KITTO
WALTER KAISER
KEITH KRELL
- Genesis 15:1-21 "Fear Factor" - excellent
STEVE KRELOFF
PAUL E KRETZMANN - Lutheran Perspective
LANGE'S COMMENTARY
CLARENCE LARKIN
HENRY LAW
TIMOTHY LIN
H C LEUPOLD
SCOTT LINDSAY
MAPS
- Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs
- The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses
- Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age
- The Migration of Abraham
- Abraham in Canaan
- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
J VERNON MCGEE
C H MACKINTOSH
ALEXANDER MACLAREN
- Genesis 15:5-18 God’s Covenant with Abram
- Genesis 15:1 The Word that Scatters Fear
- Genesis 15:6 Faith and Righteousness
F B MEYER
- Genesis 15:17 (ODH)
- Abraham: The Obedience of Faith - scroll down
G CAMPBELL MORGAN
ROBERT MORGAN
HENRY MORRIS - Defender's Study Bible Notes
- Genesis 15:1 word of the LORD I am thy shield
- Genesis 15:3 mine heir
- Genesis 15:6 believed
- Genesis 15:10 in the midst
- Genesis 15:12 a deep sleep
- Genesis 15:13 four hundred years
- Genesis 15:16 fourth generation
- Genesis 15:18 covenant with Abram.
- Genesis 15:20 the Hittites
J G MURPHY
ROBERT NEIGHBOUR
TOM NELSON
NETBIBLE.ORG
JAMES NISBET
OUR DAILY BREAD
- Genesis 15 You Can Depend On Him
- Genesis 15 Lightning And Thunder
- Genesis 15:6 Charlie's List
- Genesis 15:5-21 Promises Still Kept
- Genesis 15:4-6; 22:1-19 Promises And Commands
- Genesis 15:1-6 The Waiting
JOSEPH PARKER
PASTORLIFE
- Is It Vain To Serve The Lord? Genesis 15 J. Mike Minnix
- The First "Fear Not" Genesis 15:1 David E. Owen
PETER PETT
A W PINK - Gleanings in Genesis
MATTHEW POOLE
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN
PREACHER'S HOMILETICAL COMMENTARY - JOSEPH EXELL - THOMAS H LEALE
PRECEPT MINISTRIES
RAY PRITCHARD
PULPIT COMMENTARY
ROBERT RAYBURN
REFORMATION STUDY BIBLE
- Gen 15:1–19
- Gen 15:1
- Gen 15:2–3
- Gen 15:2
- Gen 15:3
- Gen 15:5
- Gen 15:6
- Gen 15:7
- Gen 15:8
- Gen 15:9
- Gen 15:11
- Gen 15:12–14
- Gen 15:13
- Gen 15:15
- Gen 15:16
- Gen 15:17
- Gen 15:18
- Gen 15:19–21
DON ROBINSON
JOHNNY SANDERS
JOHN SCHULTZ - Former missionary
SERMON BIBLE COMMENTARY
SERMONCENTRAL
CHARLES SIMEON
CHUCK SMITH
JAMES SMITH
Excerpt: A word in season; how good it is! God's words are always in season. He knows how to speak a word to them that are weary. His consolations are neither few nor small.
- Abraham Encouraged Genesis 15:1-6 - scroll down page
C. H. SPURGEON
- Genesis 15:1 Abraham’s Great Reward
- Genesis 15:1, Exodus 33:14 Two Choice Assurances
- Genesis 15:6 Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram's Righteousness
- Genesis 15:11 Abram and the Ravenous Birds
- Genesis 15:11 Driving Away the Vultures from the Sacrifice
- Genesis 15:16 Filling Up the Measure of Iniquity
- Genesis 15 - Exposition
RAY STEDMAN
CHARLES SWINDOLL
JOE TEMPLE
THIRD MILLENNIUM - Study notes
- Covenant: Seed and Land - Genesis 15:1-21
- God's Promise of a Seed - Genesis 15:1-5
- Abram believed the LORD - Genesis 15:6
- God's Promise of Land - Genesis 15:7
- The Covenant Lord - Genesis 15:8-21
DAVID THOMPSON
JOHN TRAPP
BOB UTLEY
JAMES VAN DINE
DANIEL WHEDON
STEVE ZEISLER
SERMONS BY VERSE - Multiple older resources