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Rejoiced (ēgalliasato). First aorist middle indicative of agalliaomai, a word of Hellenistic coinage from agallomai, to rejoice.
To see (hina idēi). Sub-final use of hina and second aorist active subjunctive of horaō. This joy of Abraham is referred to in Heb 11:13 (saluting, aspasamenoi, the promises from afar). There was a Jewish tradition that Abraham saw the whole history of his descendants in the vision of Gen 15:6., but that is not necessary here. He did look for and welcome the Messianic time, “my day” (tēn hēmeran tēn emēn). “He saw it, and was glad” (eiden kai echarē). Second aorist active indicative of horaō and second aorist passive indicative of chairō. Ye see it and are angry!