What Does Genesis 15:5 Mean?

“And he brought him forth”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“abroad”

properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Look”

to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

“now toward heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“and tell”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

“the stars”

a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“if thou be able”

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

“and tell”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“unto him So”

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“shall thy seed”

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity