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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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EXCEEDINGLY. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (_greatly greatly)_. App-6....
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_And I will make my covenant_ See note on Genesis 15:9; Genesis 15:18.
The words of this verse imply no knowledge of the covenant described
in chap. 15. The covenant has yet to be made. P's account of...
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I WILL MAKE MY COVENANT, &C.— "Continue thou to do thy part, and I
will continue stedfast to the purpose of making my covenant, and
establishing it with thee; and I appear to thee now to renew and
con...
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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...
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_AND I WILL MAKE MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THEE, AND WILL MULTIPLY
THEE EXCEEDINGLY._
And I will make my covenant, [Hebrew, _ Wª'ETªNAAH_ (H5414)] - I
will give, execute, or put in operation my cove...
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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, on His part, promises to make Abraham the ancestor of many
nations, and to give Canaan to his descendants.
4, 5. The patriarch's name in Babylonia had been _Abram_, meaning,
perhaps, 'exalted fat...
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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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I WILL MAKE MY COVENANT. — In Genesis 15:18 the Heb. word for
“make” is _cut,_ and refers to the severing of the victims; here
it is “give,” “place,” and implies that it was an act of grace
on God’s p...
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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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GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM
Genesis 17:1
At least thirteen years had passed since the promise of Isaac was
first made. Years of sorrow and discipline, but God had not forgotten.
Always under such cir...
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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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CIRCUMCISION AND THE PROMISE
The act of circumcision was a part of the covenant which included the
land promise (17:1-14). It should be noted the giving of the land was
unconditional, but retaining it...
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
Charming view of Abram's faith and humility. So, depend upon it more
or less, are all Abram's spiritual childre...
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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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_THE PROMISE RENEWED_
‘I will make My covenant between Me and thee.’
Genesis 17:2
I. THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS, WERE THE OLD GODS OF THE EAST—the
Elohim, the high and mighty ones, who ruled over...
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2._And I will make my covenant _He now begins more fully and
abundantly to explain what he had before alluded to briefly. We have
said that the covenant of God with Abram had two parts. The first was...
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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 MAKE MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THEE,.... The covenant of
circumcision, so called from the token of it, which God is said to
make or give e, being his own constitution, and depended on his...
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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly.
Ver. 2. _And I will make my covenant._] This is now the fifth
confirmation of the Covenant; which shows that it is...
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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 make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly. The promise of an innumerable progeny, as based upon
the covenant of God, is here repeated and intensified, particu...
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The Promise Renewed...
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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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1-6 The covenant was to be accomplished in due time. The promised Seed
was Christ, and Christians in him. And all who are of faith are
blessed with faithful Abram, being partakers of the same covenant...
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I am come to renew, establish, and enlarge that covenant which I
formerly made with thee....
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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 17:2 make H5414 (H8799) covenant H1285 multiply H7235 (H8686)
exceedingly H3966 H3966
And I -...
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‘And when Abram was ninety nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram
and said to him, “I am El Shaddai (God Almighty). Walk before me and
be perfect and I will make my covenant between me and you and wi...
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Genesis 17:1
I. The sun, the moon, the stars, were the old gods of the East, the
Elohim, the high and mighty ones, who ruled over men, over their good
or bad fortunes, over the weather, the cattle, th...
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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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_The Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God:
walk before Me, and be thou perfect_
WALKING BEFORE GOD
In a certain sense we must all walk before God, whether in solitude or...
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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 17:1. The Lord.] _Heb. Jehovah,_ the Author of existence and
performance—the Covenant God. _Almighty God._ Heb. _El Shaddai_. El,
the name for God, which signifies strong, ete...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 17:1
AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY YEARS OLD AND NINE—consequently an
interval of thirteen years had elapsed since the birth of Ishmael; the
long delay on the part of God being probabl...
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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 17:4 Genesis 9:9 Genesis 15:18 Psalms 105:8 Galatians
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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...