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Verse Genesis 17:16. _I WILL BLESS HER, C._] Sarah certainly stands
at the head of all the women of the Old Testament, on account of her
extraordinary privileges. I am quite of Calmet's opinion that...
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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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KINGS. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan
ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac read "and kings"....
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_nations … kings of peoples_ See note on Genesis 17:6....
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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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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...
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_AND I WILL BLESS HER, AND GIVE THEE A SON ALSO OF HER: YEA, I WILL
BLESS HER, AND SHE SHALL BE A MOTHER OF NATIONS; KINGS OF PEOPLE SHALL
BE OF HER._
Give thee a son also of her. God's purposes are...
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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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A SON... OF HER. — This is the first place where it was definitely
promised that Abram’s heir should be Sarah’s own son. This must be
remembered in estimating the conduct of Abram and Sarah in the mat...
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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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_Bless, and enable her to have a son, who shall also have many
children. --- Whom. This is referred to Sara, in Hebrew and Chaldean;
but to Isaac, in the Syriac. The blessing, at any rate, reverts to...
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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
It is profitable to o...
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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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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 I WILL BLESS HER,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, "in her body",
with fruitfulness, who before was barren, and in her soul with
spiritual blessings, and in both with the blessing of eternal life:...
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And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people
shall be of her.
Ver. 16. _Yea, I will bless her._] This is repea...
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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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And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her; yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall
be of her. The emphasis is expressly laid upon the fact that t...
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A Child Promised to Sarah...
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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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SHE SHALL BE A MOTHER OF NATIONS:
_ Heb._ she shall become nations...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 17:16 bless H1288 (H8765) give H5414 (H8804) son H1121 bless
H1288 (H8765) nations H1471 kings...
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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 17:15 The name SARAI is changed to SARAH;
both forms mean “princess.”
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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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And I. Genesis 1:28 Genesis 12:2 Genesis 24:60 Romans 9:9 give.
Genesis 18:1
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ABRAM AND SARAI GREATLY ENLARGED
Genesis 17:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have passed by the sixteenth chapter of Genesis, it behooves us,
therefore, to give some striking suggestions relative to Sarai a...