Ge 15:1-21. DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT.
         
  1.  After  these  things--the  conquest  of  the  invading  kings.
  
         
  the  word  of  the  Lord--a  phrase  used,  when  connected  with  a
  vision,  to  denote  a  prophetic  message.
  
         
  Fear  not,  Abram--When  the  excitement  of  the  enterprise  was  over,
  he  had  become  a  prey  to  despondency  and  terror  at  the  probable  revenge
  that  might  be  meditated  against  him.  To  dispel  his  fear,  he  was  favored
  with  this  gracious  announcement.  Having  such  a  promise,  how  well  did  it
  become  him  (and  all  God's  people  who  have  the  same  promise)  to  dismiss
  fears,  and  cast  all  burdens  on  the  Lord
  (Ps  27:3).
JFB.
Brief Summary: Abram desires a son, the LORD promises a broom that his seed will be the same number as the stars in heaven, Abram believes God's promise, Abram learns that his seed will be strangers in Egypt, and then after four generations they will escape Egypt with great prosperity and will inherit the land of Canaan.
Genesis Chapter 15
Genesis 15:6 - And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Outline
				The Promise from the LORD (Genesis 15:1)
				Abram's was Childless (Genesis 15:2-3)
				God Promises Abram a Son (Genesis 15:4-5)
				The Blood Covenant (Genesis 15:6-11)
				Abram's Vision of Egyptian Bondage (Genesis 15:12-14)
				The Covenant is Made (Genesis 15:15-18)
				The Lord Names the Inhabitants (Genesis 15:18-21)
Summary
				1 God Encourageth Abram
				2 Abram Complaineth For Want Of An Heir
				4 God Promiseth Him A Son, And A Multiplication Of His Seed
				6 Abram Is Justified By Faith
				7 Canaan Is Promised Again, And Confirmed By A Sign
				12 And A Vision.
				Map of the Journeys of Abraham
				
				
				
				
				The Journeys of Abram and Lot
Topics for Bible Study
				
				The Word Of The Lord Came Unto Abram In A Vision
				I Am Thy Shield
				I Am Thy Exceeding Great Reward
				Adonai Elohim
				Abram Was Childless
				Steward Of My House 
				Eliezer Of Damascus
				He Believed The Lord
				Justification By Faith
				I Am The Lord 
				Ur Of The Chaldees
				I Have Given You This Land To Inherit
				Blood Covenant
				Heifer
				She Goat
				Ram
				Turtle-Dove
				Young Pigeon
				Divided Them In The Midst
				Horror Of Great Darkness 
				Seed Will Be Slaves In A Strange Land
				Seed Afflicted For 400 Years
				God Will Judge That Nation
				His Seed Will Leave Prosperous
				Abram Will Die A Peaceful Death
				Abram Will Die At A Good Old Age
				The Iniquity Of The Amorites Is Not Yet Full
				Smoking Furnace
				Burning Lamp 
				Between The Pieces
				Covenant Made
				The Extent of the Promised Land
				From The River Of Egypt Unto The Great River, The River
				Euphrates
				The Kenites
				The Kenizzites
				The Kadmonites
				The Hittites
				The Perizzites
				The Rephaims
				The Amorites
				The Canaanites
				The Girgashites
				The Jebusites 
Quick Reference Map
				
				
				Map of the Hamites and the
				Descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth
				(Click to Enlarge)
Map of Israel's Early
				Inhabitants and Giants 
				
				
				
				Map of the Giant Tribes and Early
				Inhabitants of the Land of Canaan  
Historical Background
				Abram
				desires a son, the LORD promises a broom that his seed will be
				the same number as the stars in heaven, Abram believes God's
				promise, Abram learns that his seed will be strangers in Egypt,
				and then after four generations they will escape Egypt with
				great prosperity and will inherit the land of Canaan.
Ancient Customs
				Steward Of My House 
				Blood Covenant
				Animal Sacrifice
				Heifer
				She Goat
				Ram
				Turtle-Dove
				Young Pigeon
Quick Reference Map
				
				
				Map of the Jordan River
				(Click to Enlarge)
Geography
				Damascus
				Ur Of The Chaldees
				Egypt
				The River Of Egypt 
				The River Euphrates
				The Extent of the Promised Land
Ancient Peoples
				The Kenites
				The Kenizzites
				The Kadmonites
				The Hittites
				The Perizzites
				The Rephaims
				The Amorites
				The Canaanites
				The Girgashites
				The Jebusites 
				Maps
				
				Map of the Giants and Early Inhabitants of Ancient Israel
				
				
				Map of the Canaanite Nations 
				
				Map of the World of Abraham 
				
				Map of the Journeys of Abraham 
Clothing in the Time of Abraham
				
				
				This is how a man or a patriarch would have dressed in ancient
				times about the time of Abraham which was around 1800 BC. From
				inside to out he wore an under garment which was bound by a
				girdle. 
The Old Testament
Genesis Resources
		
		Creation
		
		Adam and Eve
		The
		Flood
		
		The Tower of Babel
		
		Abraham the First Hebrew
		Isaac, Son of Promise
		Jacob
		and the 12 Tribes
		Joseph
		and Egypt