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Genesis 15

Gen. 15:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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After
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
these things
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
came
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
unto Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
in ai vision
machazeh (Hebrew #4236)
a vision
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: makh-az-eh'
Origin: from 2372
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
k, Fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
not, Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
: I am thyl shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
, and thy exceeding
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
great
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
m reward
sakar (Hebrew #7939)
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
KJV usage: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
Pronounce: saw-kawr'
Origin: from 7936
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Gen. 46:2• 2And God spoke to Israel in the night visions and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here [am] I. (Gen. 46:2)
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Num. 12:6• 6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)
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Dan. 10:1• 1In the third year of Cyrus, King of Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar, {i}and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trial is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.{/i} (Dan. 10:1)
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Acts 10:11,22• 11and he beholdeth the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet by four corners let down upon the earth
 22And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous, and fearing God, and attested by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy angel to send for thee unto his house and to hear words from thee. (Acts 10:11,22)
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Luke 1:13• 13But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. (Luke 1:13)
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Deut. 33:29• 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:29)
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Psa. 3:3• 3But thou, Jehovah, [art] a shield round about me;{HR}My glory and the lifter up of my head. (Psa. 3:3)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
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Psa. 91:4• 4With his feathers will he cover thee,{HR}And under his wings shalt thou trust:{HR}A shield and buckler [is] his truth. (Psa. 91:4)
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Psa. 119:114• 114My hiding place and my shield [art] {i}thou{/i}:{HR}In thy word I hope. (Psa. 119:114)
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Prov. 30:5• 5{i}Every word of God is pure:{HR}He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.{/i} (Prov. 30:5)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said,{HR}{i}Thou{/i} [art] my refuge,{HR}My portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)
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Heb. 13:5• 5Free from love of money [be] your course of life, satisfied with present things, for he hath said, I will not leave thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee: (Heb. 13:5)

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Abram,
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  God encourages Abram, who complains for want of an heir.
4-5:  God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed.
6:  Abram is justified by faith.
7-21:  Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt.
A.M. 2093.
B.C. 1911.
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Gen. 46:2• 2And God spoke to Israel in the night visions and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here [am] I. (Gen. 46:2)
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Num. 12:6• 6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)
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1 Sam. 9:9• 9{i}(In former time in Israel, when a man went to ask counsel of God, he said, Come and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was in former time called a Seer.){/i} (1 Sam. 9:9)
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Ezek. 1:1• 1{i}Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was{/i} among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Ezek. 1:1)
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Ezek. 3:4• 4{i}And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.{/i} (Ezek. 3:4)
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Ezek. 11:24• 24Then the Spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. (Ezek. 11:24)
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Dan. 10:1‑16• 1In the third year of Cyrus, King of Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar, {i}and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trial is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.{/i}
 2{i}In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks:{/i}
 3{i}I ate no pleasant bread{/i}, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
 4{i}And on the four-and-twentieth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel:{/i}
 5{i}and I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold,{/i} a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz.
 6{i}and his body was like a chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet as the look of burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.{/i}
 7{i}And I Daniel alone saw the vision; and the men that were with me saw not the vision, but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.{/i}
 8{i}And I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; and my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.{/i}
 9{i}And I heard the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, I fell into a deep stupor on my face, and my face to the ground.{/i}
 10{i}And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and the palms of my hands.{/i}
 11{i}And he said unto me, O Daniel,{/i} man greatly beloved, {i}understand the words which I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent.{/i} And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
 12Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
 13But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the Kings of Persia.
 14{i}And{/i} I am come, to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
 15{i}And as he was speaking with me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.{/i}
 16{i}And behold, one after the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; and I opened my mouth and spoke, and said unto him that stood before me, My lord, by reason of the vision my pains are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.{/i} (Dan. 10:1‑16)
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Acts 10:10‑17• 10and he became hungry and desired to eat; and while they made ready, a trance came over him,
 11and he beholdeth the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet by four corners let down upon the earth
 12in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and [the] birds of the sky.
 13And there came a voice unto him, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14But Peter said, By no means, Lord; because never did I eat anything common and unclean.
 15And a voice [came] again a second time unto him, What God cleansed deem not thou common.
 16And this was done thrice; and straightway the vessel was taken up into heaven.
 17And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that had been sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate, (Acts 10:10‑17)
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Acts 10:22• 22And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous, and fearing God, and attested by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy angel to send for thee unto his house and to hear words from thee. (Acts 10:22)
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Heb. 1:1• 1In many measures and in many manners of old God having spoken to the fathers in the prophets (Heb. 1:1)
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Gen. 15:14‑16• 14and also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
 15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
 16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (Gen. 15:14‑16)
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Gen. 26:24• 24And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. (Gen. 26:24)
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Gen. 46:3• 3And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. (Gen. 46:3)
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Ex. 14:13• 13{i}And Moses said to the people, Fear not: stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever.{/i} (Ex. 14:13)
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Deut. 31:6• 6{i}Be strong and courageous, fear them not, neither be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God, he it is that goeth with thee; he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.{/i} (Deut. 31:6)
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1 Chron. 28:20• 20{i}And David said to Solomon his son,{/i} Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for Jehovah God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work, for the service of the house of Jehovah. (1 Chron. 28:20)
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Psa. 27:1• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Isa. 35:4• 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:4)
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Isa. 41:10,14• 10Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:10,14)
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Isa. 43:1,5• 1But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called [thee] by thy name, thou [art] mine.
 5Fear not, for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; (Isa. 43:1,5)
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Isa. 44:2,8• 2Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, [who] helpeth thee, Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
 8Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I caused thee to hear long ago, and showed [it]? And ye [are] my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not [any]. (Isa. 44:2,8)
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Isa. 51:12• 12I, I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou art afraid of weak man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [that] shall be made [as] grass; (Isa. 51:12)
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Dan. 10:12• 12Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. (Dan. 10:12)
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Matt. 8:26• 26{i}And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.{/i} (Matt. 8:26)
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Matt. 10:28‑31• 28{i}And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.{/i}
 29{i}Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;{/i}
 30{i}but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.{/i}
 31{i}Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows.{/i} (Matt. 10:28‑31)
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Matt. 28:5• 5{i}And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.{/i} (Matt. 28:5)
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Luke 1:13,30• 13But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
 30{i}And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;{/i} (Luke 1:13,30)
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Luke 12:32• 32{i}Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.{/i} (Luke 12:32)
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Rev. 1:17• 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, (Rev. 1:17)
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Deut. 33:29• 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:29)
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Psa. 3:3• 3But thou, Jehovah, [art] a shield round about me;{HR}My glory and the lifter up of my head. (Psa. 3:3)
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Psa. 5:12• 12For thou, O Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous;{HR}Like the shield with favour thou wilt encompass him. (Psa. 5:12)
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Psa. 18:2• 2Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge. (Psa. 18:2)
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Psa. 84:9,11• 9Behold, O God our shield,{HR}And look upon the face of thine anointed.
 11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:9,11)
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Psa. 91:4• 4With his feathers will he cover thee,{HR}And under his wings shalt thou trust:{HR}A shield and buckler [is] his truth. (Psa. 91:4)
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Psa. 119:114• 114My hiding place and my shield [art] {i}thou{/i}:{HR}In thy word I hope. (Psa. 119:114)
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Prov. 30:5• 5{i}Every word of God is pure:{HR}He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.{/i} (Prov. 30:5)
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Deut. 33:26‑29• 26There is none like the God of Jeshurun,{HR}Riding the heavens for thy help,{HR}And for his excellency the skies.
 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy!
 28Israel dwelleth in safety,{HR}The fountain of Jacob on a land of corn and new wine;{HR}His heavens also drop down dew.
 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:26‑29)
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Ruth 2:12• 12Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (Ruth 2:12)
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Psa. 16:5‑6• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot.
 6The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places,{HR}Yea, the portion hath been fair to me. (Psa. 16:5‑6)
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Psa. 58:11• 11And a man shall say, Surely the righteous one hath fruit;{HR}Surely there is a God judging in the earth. (Psa. 58:11)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said,{HR}{i}Thou{/i} [art] my refuge,{HR}My portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)
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Prov. 11:18• 18The wicked earneth deceitful wages,{HR}But he that soweth righteousness a sure reward. (Prov. 11:18)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)
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1 Cor. 3:22• 22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours, (1 Cor. 3:22)
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Heb. 13:5‑6• 5Free from love of money [be] your course of life, satisfied with present things, for he hath said, I will not leave thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee:
 6so that we courageously say, Jehovah [is] my helper, and I will not be afraid: what shall man do to me? (Heb. 13:5‑6)
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Rev. 21:3‑4• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 4And [God] shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, and no mourning nor crying nor pain shall be any more: for the first things have passed away. (Rev. 21:3‑4)
• Jehovah was his “shield,” that He might rest in Him; Jehovah was his “reward,” that he might wait for Him. (“Genesis 15” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• God Himself was Abram’s defense and portion. That is the highest portion of all, so far as anything given to man can go. (“Genesis 15” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

W. Kelly Translation

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After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)