“After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.””
Genesis 15:1
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- Abram Believed God: The Night He Counted the Stars (Genesis 15)
- Credited as Righteousness: How Abram Was Made Right (Genesis 15)
Connection with Abram refusing Sodom's riches
In Genesis 14 Abram refused to take any riches from the king of Sodom and waited for God, who owns it all, to provide. Right after that, God spoke to him: "I am your shield, your very great reward."
Read the whole studyEvents and words in one Hebrew noun
In Hebrew this verse opens achar ha-devarim ha-elleh hayah devar-YHWH: after these words, the word of the LORD. The events and God's word share one noun. Genesis 22 opens with the same phrase, which the BSB renders "Some time later" (Genesis 22:1).
Read the whole studyConnection with God's words to Isaac
Decades later, at Beersheba, God said the same thing to Abram's son Isaac: "Do not be afraid" (Genesis 26:24). Isaac had kept his father's names for the old wells, and the God of those names spoke to him as He had spoken to Abram.
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