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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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THY SEED. Still practiced by Ishmaelites and others. Noncircumcision
was the "reproach" of Egypt (Joshua 5:9)....
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Circumcision the Token of the Covenant
9. _thou shalt keep_ "Keep" in the sense of "observe": the reverse is
to "break" (Genesis 17:14) the covenant. Notice the sing, "thou," and
the plur. "ye shall...
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DISCOURSE: 27
CIRCUMCISION OF ABRAHAM
Genesis 17:9. _And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant
therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. This
is my covenant, which...
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GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, &C.— Having declared what he would himself
perform, the Lord goes on to signify what he expected from Abraham,
and to appoint a _sign_ or _token_ of his covenant with him. _Thou...
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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,...
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_AND GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, THOU SHALT KEEP MY COVENANT THEREFORE,
THOU, AND THY SEED AFTER THEE IN THEIR GENERATIONS._
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 a...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל ־אַבְרָהָ֔ם
וְ אַתָּ֖ה אֶת ־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר
אַתָּ֛ה וְ זַרְעֲךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָ
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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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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...
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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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9._Thou shalt keep my covenant _As formerly, covenants were not only
committed to public records, but were also wont to be engraven in
brass, or sculptured on stones, in order that the memory of them...
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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 GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, THOU SHALT KEEP MY COVENANT THEREFORE,....
Observe the sign or token of it, circumcision, in the manner after
related:
THOU, AND THY SEED AFTER THEE, IN THEIR GENERATIONS;...
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And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Ver. 9. _Thou shalt keep my covenant._] This is the stipulation on
Abraham's part...
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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 God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep My covenant, therefore,
thou and thy seed after thee in their generations. The promise of
goodness and mercy on the part of God imposes an obligation on man...
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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 exce...
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7-14 The covenant of grace is from everlasting in the counsels of it,
and to everlasting in the consequences of it. The token of the
covenant was circumcision. It is here said to be the covenant whic...
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The agreement is mutual: my part was expressed before; now follows thy
part, and the condition to which my promise and blessing is annexed....
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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 17:9 God H430 said H559 (H8799) Abraham H85 keep H8104 (H8799)
covenant H1285 descendants H2233 you H310 generations H1755
PSALMS 25:10, PSALMS 103:18; ISAIAH 56:4-5...
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‘And God said to Abraham, “And as for you, you will keep my
covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
This is my covenant that you shall keep between me and you and your
seed...
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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 beca...
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_Every man child among you shall be circumcised_
THE COVENANT SEAL
I. ITS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE.
1. It taught the natural depravity of man.
2. It taught the necessity of purification.
3. It taug...
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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 17:10. My Covenant.] The outward sign is here called the
Covenant, for it is the seal set upon the Covenant. The same mode of
expression is used in Acts 7:8. Also, in the Lor...
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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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Psalms 25:10 Psalms 103:18 Isaiah 56:4 Isaiah 56:5...
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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...