 | Leonora Leet - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2003 - 388 pages
...appropriate in the Jewish tradition is tzaddik. This term is applied most significantly to Abraham: "And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness [tzedakah]" (Gen. 15:6). God further defines the nature of such a Tzaddik when He says... | |
 | Debbi Cox - Religion - 2003 - 250 pages
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto Mm, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And he said unto Mm, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give... | |
 | Bill McCracken - 2003 - 194 pages
...Heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness." Genesis 17:1-7, "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to... | |
 | Charles E Smoot - Religion - 2003 - 278 pages
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (Gen. 15:4-6, emphasis added) There it is! This is the point in time where God declares... | |
 | Eric M. Hill - Demonology - 2004 - 260 pages
...ceremonial laws. Indeed, after God had given him these great promises, it is written in Genesis 15:6: "And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness." That was the critical key that was missing from the typical Jew's understanding of... | |
 | C. E. B. Cranfield - Religion - 1975 - 484 pages
...God who is represented as speaking] merits' that I should divide the sea for them, as it is written: "And he believed in the LORD, and he counted it to him for righteousness"'. Subsequently this understanding of the verse was generally accepted in Rabbinic Judaism.... | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer - Religion - 2004 - 228 pages
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to... | |
 | James D. Hacker - Religion - 2004 - 234 pages
...the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Genesis 15:6 - And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:1-6 is one of the classic passages in the entire Bible. It underlines the... | |
 | R. Alan Streett - Religion - 284 pages
...accuracy of the speedometer. If it is wrong we could be stopped for speeding. Reference Verse Gen. l5:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Dan. 6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take... | |
 | C. E. B. Cranfield - Religion - 2004 - 488 pages
...God who is represented as speaking] merits1 that I should divide the sea for them, as it is written: "And he believed in the LORD, and he counted it to him for righteousness"'. Subsequently this understanding of the verse was generally accepted in Rabbinic Judaism.... | |
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 
