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Genesis 15

Gen. 15:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he believed
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
in 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
; and hev counted
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
it to him for righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
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Rom. 4:3,6• 3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
 6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (Rom. 4:3,6)
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Gal. 3:6• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (Gal. 3:6)
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James 2:23• 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. (James 2:23)

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he believed.
Rom. 4:3‑6,9,20‑25• 3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
 4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
 5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
 6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
 9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
 20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
 21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
 22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
 23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
 24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
 25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. (Rom. 4:3‑6,9,20‑25)
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Gal. 3:6‑14• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
 7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
 8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
 9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
 11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
 12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
 13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal. 3:6‑14)
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Heb. 11:8• 8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. (Heb. 11:8)
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James 2:23• 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. (James 2:23)
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Psa. 106:31• 31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. (Psa. 106:31)
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Rom. 4:11,22• 11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
 22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. (Rom. 4:11,22)
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2 Cor. 5:19• 19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:19)
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Gal. 3:6• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (Gal. 3:6)
• The imputation of righteousness to Abraham is, here, founded upon his believing in the Lord as the Quickener of the dead. It is in this character that He reveals Himself in a world where death reigns; and when a soul believes in Him, as such, it is counted righteous in His sight. (“Genesis 15” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him asl righteousness.

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See Note, Rom. 4.3.