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Genesis 18:19

in Genesis 18

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

KJV

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

This verse in Genesis 18

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
For I know him,.... Not only by his omniscience, but with a special knowledge, such as is accompanied with peculiar love and affection; and so Jarchi says, it is expressive of love.

This site's exposition

all the nations of the earth will be blessed

on Genesis 18:18-19

The first ground God gives is the promise itself, which Paul quotes at Galatians 3:8 and calls the gospel announced in advance to Abraham. The second is what Abraham will do at home, commanding his children and his household to keep the way of the LORD.

This site's exposition

keep the way of the LORD

The LORD chose Abraham to command his household. Clarke calls the way of the LORD the road God walks, kept in practice as well as in the creed. Doing what is right and just is how the household keeps it, and the LORD brings upon Abraham what He has promised.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But God here gives two other reasons:-- (1.) Abraham must know, for he is a friend and a favourite, and one that God has a particular kindness for and great things in store for. He is to become a great nation; and not only so, but in the Messiah, who is to come from his loins, All nations of the earth shall be blessed.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Fourthly, Abraham, herein, had an eye to posterity, and was in care not only that his household with him, but that his household after him, should keep the way of the Lord, that religion might flourish in his family when he was in his grave. Fifthly, His doing this was the fulfilling of the conditions of the promises which God had made him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And they shall keep the way of the Lord - The true religion; God’s way; that in which God walks himself, and in which, of course, his followers walk also; to do justice and judgment; not only to preserve the truth in their creed, but maintain it in their practice.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • יְדַעְתִּ֗יוI have known him

    yeda'tivH3045 →945 times

  • לְמַעַן֩so that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יְצַוֶּ֜הhe may command

    yetzavehH6680 →494 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בָּנָ֤יוchildren his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • בֵּיתוֹ֙household his

    beitoH1004 →2046 times

  • אַחֲרָ֔יוafter him

    ʾacharavH310 →715 times

  • וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙and they will keep

    veshameruH8104 →468 times

  • דֶּ֣רֶךְ[the] way of

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתby doing

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • צְדָקָ֖הrighteousness

    tzedakahH6666 →157 times

  • וּמִשְׁפָּ֑טand justice

    umishpatH4941 →422 times

  • לְמַ֗עַןso that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • הָבִ֤יאwill bring

    havi'H935 →2568 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַבְרָהָ֔םAbraham

    ʾavrahamH85 →175 times

  • אֵ֥ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־[that] which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • דִּבֶּ֖רhe has spoken

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • עָלָֽיו׃on him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 6:4

    Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 22:6

      Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Colossians 3:21

      Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

    • Proverbs 29:15

      A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

    • Proverbs 19:18

      Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

    • Deuteronomy 6:7

      And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

  • Through

    2 Timothy 3:15

    From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 119:98–99

      Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

    • Luke 24:45

      Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

    • 2 Peter 1:20–21

      Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Abraham and the Three Angels — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Abraham and the Three Angels — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.