Lenten Season · Second Sunday of Lent · Year C
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
God's Covenant Promise to Abram
March 12, 2028
Overview & Insights
"And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness." (Genesis 15:6)
The LORD comes to Abram in a vision and promises to be his shield and great reward. When Abram protests that he is childless, God brings him outside to count the stars as a sign of his offspring, and Abram believes the promise.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Working Preacher
Written specifically for this passage as the RCL/Catholic Lent 2 first reading.
CEP: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching-focused reading of the same covenant text.
Enduring Word: Genesis 15 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse commentary on the covenant ceremony and Abram's faith.
BibleHub: Genesis 15 Commentaries BibleHub
Several classic commentators stacked at verse 5.
Precept Austin: Genesis 15 Commentary Precept Austin
A fifth distinct voice, verse by verse, on the Abrahamic covenant.
Background & Word Study
BibleHub Interlinear: Genesis 15:6 BibleHub
The Hebrew of vayyachshevehah lo tsedaqah (counted to him as righteousness) in context.
Sefaria: Genesis 15:5-12 Sefaria
The Hebrew text with Jewish translation and commentary on the covenant of the pieces.
BibleProject: Genesis 12-50 Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of the Abraham narrative, which this covenant scene anchors.
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