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Verse Genesis 17:22. _GOD WENT UP FROM ABRAHAM._] Ascended evidently
before him, so that he had the fullest proof that it was no human
being, no earthly angel or messenger, that talked with him; and...
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- The Sealing of the Covenant
1. שׁדי _shaday_, Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and
by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד _shādad_ “be strong,
destroy.” This name is found six times in Gene...
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CHAPTER 17 THE FIFTH COMMUNICATION AND THE COVENANT REPEATED
_ 1. The communication and Abram worships (Genesis 17:1)_
2. The enlarged promise (Genesis 17:4)
3. The covenant sign (Genesis 17:9)
4....
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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The Promise to Sarai
15. _Sarah shall her name be_ That is, _Princess_. The name "Sarai"
(LXX Σάρα) is altered to "Sarah" (LXX Σάῤῥα). The name
"Sarah" is the feminine form of the Heb. _Sar_, "a prin...
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_God went up_ This expression, which occurs also in Genesis 35:13 (P),
means that God returned to His dwelling-place, which the Israelite
believed to be above the Heavens....
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MY COVENANT WILL I ESTABLISH, &C.— This is an abundant proof, that
the _covenant_ which God entered into with Abraham, was of a
_spiritual_ as well as a temporal nature, by being thus limited to his
d...
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5. _Abraham's Obedience_, Genesis 17:22-27
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that wer...
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_AND HE LEFT OFF TALKING WITH HIM, AND GOD WENT UP FROM ABRAHAM._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION
This chapter is from the Priestly document, of which it shows marked
characteristics: see preface to Genesis 15....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 17
GOD MAKES AN AGREEMENT WITH ABRAHAM
V1 When Abram was 99 years of age, the *Lord appeared to him. The
*Lord said to him, ‘I am God who can do...
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וַ יְכַ֖ל לְ דַבֵּ֣ר אִתֹּ֑ו וַ
יַּ֣עַל
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THE COVENANT SEALED
Genesis 17:1
ACCORDING to the dates here given fourteen years had passed since
Abram had received any intimation of God's will regarding him. Since
the covenant had been made some...
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ISAAC IS PROMISED
Genesis 17:15
There are two allusions to laughter in these Chapter s. Sarah's was
the laugh of incredulity, see Genesis 18:12; but Abraham's was the
laugh of happy confidence, which...
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This chapter gives the account of the fifth appearance of God to Abram
in which a divine covenant was made. At this point his name was
changed from Abram, which means exalted father, to Abraham, which...
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LAUGHING AT GOD'S PROMISE
When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, God told him Sarah would bear
a son (Genesis 17:15-16). It is interesting that her name was changed
just as Abraham's had been. Sarah...
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And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house,
and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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22._God went up from Abraham _This expression contains a profitable
doctrine, namely, that Abraham certainly knew this vision to be from
God; for the ascent here spoken implies as much. And it is nece...
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In chapter 17 we have a fresh revelation of the Lord to Abram, and, I
think, are upon higher and holier ground. It is not here calling, or
worship, or the world and victory over it in Lot (12-14 [1]),...
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AND HE LEFT OFF TALKING; WITH HIM,.... After he had finished all he
had to say to him at this time. It was great condescension in the
divine Being to talk with a creature; it was wonderful grace and
k...
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And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Ver. 22. _And he left off talking with him._] As man with his friend.
Such honour have all his saints. Oh, speak it when I am gone, and...
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[ABRAHAM.]
1 God reneweth the Couenant.
5 Abram his name is changed, in token of a greater blessing.
10 Circumcision is instituted.
15 Sarai her name is changed, and she blessed.
17 Izsaac is pro...
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SIXTH SECTION
_Abram and the repeated Promise of God. The name Abram changed to
Abraham. The personal Covenant of Faith, now a Covenant Institution
for him, his Household and his Seed. Circumcision....
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THE COVENANT AND ITS SIGN - CIRCUMCISION
Another thirteen years passes before the Lord's appearing to Abram now
at the age of 99 years. In Chapter 15:1 He had told Abram, "I am your
shield, your excee...
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15-22 Here is the promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, in whom
the promise made to him should be fulfilled. The assurance of this
promise was the change of Sarai's name into Sarah. Sarai signif...
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To heaven in a visible manner, as it seems he conversed with him in
some visible shape. Compare GENESIS 35:13 JUDGES 13:20....
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Here we have God's remedy for Abraham's failure set before us." And
when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared unto
Abram, and said unto him, I am the _ Almighty God:_ walk before _ m...
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Genesis 17:22 finished H3615 (H8762) talking H1696 (H8763) God H430 up
H5927 (H8799) Abraham H85...
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‘And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.'
The order in the second phrase suggests that the first phrase means it
was God Who left off talking with Abraham. The covenant was co...
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CONTENTS: The revelation of God. Abram's name changed. Covenant
confirmed. Circumcision established. Promise of Isaac.
CHARACTERS: God, Abram, Isaac, Sarah, Ishmael.
CONCLUSION: When man is in the d...
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Genesis 17:1. _The Almighty God._ The original word Shaddai is often
rendered, All-sufficient. He is so called because he sheds down
blessings as the rain.
Genesis 17:2. _My covenant;_ so called becau...
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_As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah_
THE CLEARER REVELATION OF COVENANT BLESSINGS
In God’s spiritual dealings with mankind the patience of faith is
rewarded by a cl...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 17:1 Thirteen years after the birth of
Ishmael, the Lord appears to Abram and announces that he will
establish an eternal covenant with Abram and his offspring. Abram will
beco...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 17:15. Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her
name be.] “It is acknowledged on all hands that _Sarah_ means _a
princess;_ but as to Sarai, Hebraists are far f...
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Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old (Genesis 17:1),
So this is another thirteen years later.
the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am Almighty God
(Genesis 17:1);
El Shaddai. So her...
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Genesis 17:3 Genesis 18:33 Genesis 35:9 Exodus 20:22 Numbers 12:6...