PART THIRTY-SIX
RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE
From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76
by G. F. Maclear, D.D.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1881,
now long out of print.
With the death of Joseph the Patriachal Age of Israel's history may be
said to close. The _Fami... [ Continue Reading ]
PART THIRTY
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE OLD COVENANT
(Genesis 17:1-27)
1. _Synopsis of Chapter Seventeen_
Again thirteen years rolled away, and still the Promise was not
fulfilled. But when hope might almost have ceased to hope, God
appeared once more to Abram, recapitulated the main outline of the... [ Continue Reading ]
3. _The Covenant-Sign_ (Genesis 17:9-14)
9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my
covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and
thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circu... [ Continue Reading ]
4. _The Covenant-Heir_ (Genesis 17:15-21)
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless
her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless
her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of p... [ Continue Reading ]
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 were bought with his money, every male among the
men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of... [ Continue Reading ]