 | Robert Edward Bartlett - Religion - 2006 - 229 pages
...refers to the passage in which God promises him an heir, and descendants as many as the stars ; " and he believed in the Lord ; and He counted it to him for righteousness." Here the connexion is much more than verbal ; but, at the same time, it does not appear that the original... | |
 | Ba Walter Burchett - Family & Relationships - 2006 - 60 pages
...be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Gods promise to Abram) 6) And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7) And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this... | |
 | Marion Ann Taylor, Heather E. Weir - Bible - 2006 - 515 pages
...and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness." (Gen. xv. 5,6) An earthly seed and a heavenly seed; and both innumerable! But year after year went... | |
 | Nathaniel Rock - Religion - 2006 - 106 pages
...though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: ^^ Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. ne KJV Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - Religion - 2006 - 292 pages
...three professed descent from him and loyalty to him, as his loyalty was to the One True God alone: "And he believed in the LORD, and He counted it to him for righteousness." Moses Speaking Papyrus fragment of Genesis 29.15-27 in the Greek Septuagint, 3rd or 4th century CE:... | |
 | Devan C. Mair - Religion - 2006 - 50 pages
...many nations, Abraham was seventy-nine years old and childless. Abraham believed God and waited. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith giving... | |
 | J. G. Vos - Religion - 2006 - 566 pages
...Abram, so as to have a place among his legitimate sons" (Commentary on Genesis, vol. i, p. 404). "And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness" (15:6). Here we have the first occurrence of the word "believe" in the Bible. "None of us would be... | |
 | Oliver Summers - Religion - 2006 - 301 pages
...(3) promised life and (4) to be his protector and friend. In Genesis 15:6 we read, "And he (Abraham) believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness." Two thousand years later Jesus would do this for all mankind. The Gospel of John records the new blood... | |
 | A. B. Lever - 2007 - 334 pages
...and tell the stars, if thou he able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the- LORD that brought thee out ofUr of the Chaldees, to give thee this... | |
 | Robert Congdon - Antichrist - 2007 - 298 pages
...and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:4-6 Abraham's faith was demonstrated when he believed what the LORD promised him, causing... | |
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 
