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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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AND. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan
ben Uzziel, Septuagint, Syriac read this "and" in the text....
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_Sarah thy wife_ God's answer in this verse is made to the utterance
of Abraham's heart (Genesis 17:17), and not of his lips (Genesis
17:18).
_thou shalt call his name Isaac_ R.V. marg. "From the Heb....
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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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THOU SHALT CALL HIS NAME ISAAC— In remembrance of the _laughter,_
both of the _father_ and _mother,_ Genesis 17:17 chap. Genesis 18:12....
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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 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._
Th...
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17:19 Isaac; (a-19) Laughter....
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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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ISAAC] i.e. he laughs. The name would recall an event which made
Abraham laugh with joy and probably also with wonder....
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Abraham’s plan was this. Abraham thought that he was too old to have
another son. He already had a son, Ishmael, whose mother was Sarah’s
maid, Hagar. Therefore, Abraham thought that Ishmael must have...
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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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INDEED. — In the Hebrew this word comes first, and is intended to
remove all doubt or desire for any other turn of affairs. It should be
rendered, “And God said, For a certainty Sarah thy wife shall b...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲבָל֙ שָׂרָ֣ה
אִשְׁתְּךָ֗...
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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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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 (g) everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him....
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_Isaac, "laughter," alluding to the exultation of Abraham, more than
to the laughter of Sara, which deserved some reprehension, chap. xxi.
6._...
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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.
How...
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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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19._Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed _Some take the adverb
אבל (_abal_,) to mean ‘Truly.’ Others, however, more rightly
suppose it to be used for increasing the force of the expression. For...
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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, SARAH THY WIFE SHALL BEAR THEE A SON INDEED,.... This is
repeated for the confirmation of it, and thus expressed to remove all
doubt about it, if any there were, that hung upon Abraham's...
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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.
Ve...
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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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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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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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ISAAC signifies _laughter, _ not from Sarah's laughter, which as yet
had not happened, but from Abraham's past laughter, GENESIS 17:17, and
future joy in his son....
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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 17:19 God H430 said H559 (H8799) No H61 Sarah H8283 wife H802
bear H3205 (H8802) son...
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‘Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
“Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old, and shall
Sarah who is ninety years old produce a child?” And Abraham said...
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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 17:19 ISAAC means “he laughs.” The theme
of laughter occurs in several passages associated with the birth of
Isaac. See v. Genesis 17:17;...
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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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Sarah. Genesis 17:21 Genesis 18:10 Genesis 21:2 Genesis 21:3 Genesis
21: