Genesis 15:1–21 THE revelation recorded in this chapter closely followed the victory over the kings, and the interview with Melchizedek. It seems designed to bring out the patriarch in a new character;—that of a prophet, or an authorised and accredited depositary of the will and the counsels of God. The announcement of the communication which God now makes to Abram is in peculiar language: “the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision” (ver. 1). It is the first time this expression occurs, although
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