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 prince." Other explanations which give the meaning "the contentious one," or "the merry one," are improbable. "Sarai" may possibly have been an older form of "Sarah." It cannot mean, as used to be asserted, "myprincess."
Verse Genesis 17:15. _THOU SHALT NOT CALL HER NAME SARAI, BUT SARAH_] Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:5....
- 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...
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....
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...
SARAH. The addition of the 5th letter (= H) of Hebrew alphabet (the No. of _Grace,_ App-10) as in Abraham's case (Genesis 17:5) and Joshua's (Numbers 13:16). The letter (H) is common to both the names...
AS FOR SARAI THY WIFE, &C.— God now proceeds to reveal to Abraham, that the son of the promise should descend from his wife _Sarai,_ whose name also he changes from _Sarai,_ which signifies, say inter...
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...
_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); S...
17:15 Sarah (i-19) Princess....
THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION This chapter is from the Priestly document, of which it shows marked characteristics: see preface to Genesis 15....
‘Sarai’ means ‘laughter’. ‘Sarah’ means ‘princess’....
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...
SARAI. — Probably _princely,_ an adjective of the same form as _shaddai,_ Genesis 17:1; while _Sarah_ means _princess._ The change of name shows that she was admitted to the covenant. (Comp. Genesis 1...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל ־אַבְרָהָ֔ם שָׂרַ֣י...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_ Sara, princess of all the nations of the faithful, not simply of one family. (Menochius)_...
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...
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...
15._As for Sarai thy wife _God now promises to Abraham a legitimate seed by Sarai. She had been (as I have said) too precipitate, when she substituted, without any command from God, her handmaid in he...
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]),...
AND GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM,.... After he had changed his name, and given him the covenant of circumcision: AS FOR SARAI THY WIFE, THOU SHALT NOT CALL HER NAME SARAI, BUT SARAH HER NAME [SHALL BE]; her...
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be]. Ver. 15. _Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah._] The Chaldee, Sarai, i...
Here is the promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, that son in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled, that he should be _the father of many nations_, for she also shall be a _mother of...
[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...
A Child Promised to Sarah...
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. This change of names is significant, for the wife of Abraham, heretofore known as Sa...
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....
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...
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...
SARAI signifies _my lady, _ or _my princess, _ which confines her dominion to one family; but SARAH signifies either a _lady_ or _princess, _ simply and absolutely without restriction, or _the princes...
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...
Genesis 17:15 God H430 said H559 (H8799) Abraham H85 Sarai H8297 wife H802 call H7121 (H8799) name...
‘And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you will not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah (princess).” The new name again stresses a new beginning in a new situation. Sarah is t...
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...
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...
_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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 17:15 The name SARAI is changed to SARAH; both forms mean “princess.” ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
As. Genesis 17:5 Genesis 32:28 2 Samuel 12:25 Sarah. i.e., princess....
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...
Sarah shall her name be — The same letter is added to her name that was to Abraham's. Sarai signifies my princess, as if her honour were confined to one family only: Sarah signifies a princess, viz. o...