Genesis 15:2 (BSB)
But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
From Genesis 15. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Genesis 15:2
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 15:2: 2. And Abram said , Lord God . The Hebrew text has יחוה אדונת ( Adonai Jehovah .) From which appellation it is inferred that some special mark of divine glory was stamped upon the vision; so that Abram, having no doubt respecting its author, confidently broke out in this expression.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 15:2-6: We have here the assurance given to Abram of a numerous offspring which should descend from him, in which observe, I. Abram's repeated complaint, Gen 15:2, Gen 15:3. This was that which gave occasion to this promise. The great affliction that sat heavy upon Abram was the want of a child; and the complaint of this he here pours out before the Lord, and shows...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 15:2: And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,.... As if he should say, what signifies what thou givest me of temporal blessings, if thou withholdest from me the blessing of a child; from whom it might be hoped and believed would spring the promised Messiah, in whom all nations of the earth shall be blessed.
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Genesis 15:2: 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.