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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 doth the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.”
 6Just as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works. (Rom. 4:3,6)
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Gal. 3:6• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was counted 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 reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)

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Rom. 4:3‑6,9,20‑25• 3For what doth the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.”
 4Now to him that worketh the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt;
 5but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
 6Just as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works.
 9This blessedness then [cometh it] upon the circumcision or also upon the uncircumcision? For we say that to Abraham faith was reckoned for righteousness.
 20yet as to the promise of God wavered not through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
 21and fully persuaded that what he hath promised he is also able to perform.
 22Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
 23Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
 24but on our account also, to whom it shall be reckoned, to us that believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord out of [the] dead,
 25who was given up on account of our offences and was raised on account of 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 counted to him for righteousness.
 7Know then that they who are of faith, these are sons of Abraham.
 8And the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, announced beforehand to Abraham: “In thee shall all the nations be blessed.”
 9So that they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of works of law are under curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doth not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them;”
 11but that in virtue of law none is justified with God [is] evident, for “the just by faith shall
 12live;” but the law is not of faith, but he who hath done them shall live in virtue of them.
 13Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”)
 14that unto the nations the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, 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 called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going. (Heb. 11:8)
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James 2:23• 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)
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Psa. 106:31• 31And it was reckoned to him for righteousness{HR}To generation and generation for evermore. (Psa. 106:31)
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Rom. 4:11,22• 11And he received [the] sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of the faith that [he had] in uncircumcision, in order to his being father of all that believe in a state of uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also,
 22Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness. (Rom. 4:11,22)
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2 Cor. 5:19• 19how that it was God in Christ reconciling [the] world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences, and putting in us the word of the reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:19)
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Gal. 3:6• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was counted 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.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, Rom. 4.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he believed in Jehovah, and he counted it to him for righteousness.