GENESIS 15
12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. 14 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I givethis land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.” – Genesis 15:12-21
GENESIS 15 PROMISED OFFSPRING AND LAND TO ABRAM
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
Since Abram wanted a sign so he can comprehend God’s promise
At sundown, he fell on a deep sleep and there was great darkness
Then the Lord God gave him details of what his covenant entails
His descendants will be travellers and be moving place to place
His offspring will be serving those nations that they will be going to
But the Lord will punish those nations; his offspring will be afflicted too.
They’ll suffer four hundred years and then they’ll have great possessions after
As for Abram, he will live long and go to his fathers and be peaceful
Then the Lord specified the Promised Land from the river of Egypt
Up to the great river and the Euphrates River and land of Kenites
It also includes the lands of Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hitties, Perrizites
Also add the Rephaim, the Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.
We serve a God of details. In this account, we witness how God specified in details what was included in his covenant promise to Abram. It couldn’t be any clearer.
REFLECTION
- What struck you most in these details that God specified in his covenant promise?
