_AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY YEARS OLD AND NINE THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM AND SAID UNTO HIM I AM_ _ AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY YEARS OLD AND NINE, THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD; WALK BEFORE ME, AND BE THOU PERFECT._ Abram was ninety years old and nine - thirteen... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 covenant. It had been previously made (see the note at Genesis 15:18), and the promised blessings are me... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABRAM FELL ON HIS FACE: AND GOD TALKED WITH HIM, SAYING,_ Abram fell on his face - the attitude of profoundest reverence assumed by eastern people. It consists in the prostrate body resting on the hands and knees, with the face bent until the forehead touches the ground. It is an expression of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS FOR ME, BEHOLD, MY COVENANT IS WITH THEE, AND THOU SHALT BE A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS._ My covenant is with thee - renewed mention is made of it as the foundation of the communication that follows. It is the covenant of grace made with all who believe in the Saviour. It deserves notice that alth... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER SHALL THY NAME ANY MORE BE CALLED ABRAM, BUT THY NAME SHALL BE ABRAHAM; FOR A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE THEE._ Name shall be Abraham. In eastern countries the name given in infancy is sometimes in the course of life altered: a change of name is an advertisement of some new circums... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL MAKE THEE EXCEEDING FRUITFUL, AND I WILL MAKE NATIONS OF THEE, AND KINGS SHALL COME OUT OF THEE._ Kings shall come out of thee - (cf. Micah 5:2.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THEE AND THY SEED AFTER THEE IN THEIR GENERATIONS FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, TO BE A GOD UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SEED AFTER THEE._ I will establish my covenant ... to be a God unto thee. Had this communication to Abram been made at the time of his ca... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL GIVE UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SEED AFTER THEE, THE LAND WHEREIN THOU ART A STRANGER, ALL THE LAND OF CANAAN, FOR AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD._ I will give ... the land. The grant of Canaan had been previously promised to Abraham and his posterity (Genesis 15:18); but... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS IS MY COVENANT, WHICH YE SHALL KEEP, BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND THY SEED AFTER THEE; EVERY MAN CHILD AMONG YOU SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED._ Every man-child ... circumcised. This was the sign in the Old Testament Church, as baptism is in the New Testament Church, and hence, the covenant is called "coven... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL CIRCUMCISE THE FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN; AND IT SHALL BE A TOKEN OF THE COVENANT BETWIXT ME AND YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT IS EIGHT DAYS OLD SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED AMONG YOU, EVERY MAN CHILD IN YOUR GENERATIONS, HE THAT IS BORN IN THE HOUSE, OR BOUGHT WITH MONEY OF ANY STRANGER, WHICH IS NOT OF THY SEED._ He that is eight days old shall be circumcised. This rite was practiced by many ancient nations: by the... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT IS BORN IN THY HOUSE, AND HE THAT IS BOUGHT WITH THY MONEY, MUST NEEDS BE CIRCUMCISED: AND MY COVENANT SHALL BE IN YOUR FLESH FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT._ He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money - [Hebrew, _ UWMIQNAT_ (H4736) _ KACPEKAA_ (H3701); Septuagint, 'ar... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED MAN CHILD WHOSE FLESH OF HIS FORESKIN IS NOT CIRCUMCISED, THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE; HE HATH BROKEN MY COVENANT._ The uncircumcised man-child ... shall be cut off from his people - i:e., he should not participate in the privileges of the covenant. The consequ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, AS FOR SARAI THY WIFE, THOU SHALT NOT CALL HER NAME SARAI, BUT SARAH SHALL HER NAME BE._ As for Sarai thy wife ... Sarah shall her name be - [Hebrew, _ SAARAAY_ (H8297); Septuagint, Sara, Sarai] The etymology of this word is uncertain. The old commentators universally in... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 gradually made known. A son had been long ago promised to Abraham. Now, at length, for the first tim... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?_ Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed. It was not the sneer of unbelief, but a smile of delight at the prospect of s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABRAHAM SAID UNTO GOD, O THAT ISHMAEL MIGHT LIVE BEFORE THEE!_ O that Ishmael. This expressed the natural solicitude of a parent. But God's thoughts are not as man's thoughts.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID, SARAH THY WIFE SHALL BEAR THEE A SON INDEED; AND THOU SHALT CALL HIS NAME ISAAC: AND I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH HIM FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, AND WITH HIS SEED AFTER HIM._ The blessings of the covenant are reserved for Isaac, but common blessings were abundantly promised to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE LEFT OFF TALKING WITH HIM, AND GOD WENT UP FROM ABRAHAM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 IN THE SELFSAME DAY, AS GOD HAD SAID UNTO HIM._ Abraham took Ishmael his son, ... Here is an inst... [ Continue Reading ]