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Verse Genesis 17:17. _THEN ABRAHAM - LAUGHED_] I am astonished to
find learned and pious men considering this as a token of Abraham's
_weakness of_ _faith_ or _unbelief_, when they have the most posi...
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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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LAUGHED: for joy. Hebrew. _was joyful._ Compare John 8:56, "rejoiced
to see my day... and was glad. "The laughter of faith, Romans 4:19.
Sarah did not fall down as Abraham did, Genesis 17:3.
SHALL, &C...
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AND LAUGHED— If we compare the twelfth verse of the following
chapter, where Sarah expresses her incredulity by _laughing,_ and
consider the whole sentence here before us (especially the words,
Genesi...
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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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_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...
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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...
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Many years before this, God promised that Abraham would have many
*descendants. And Abraham believed God. (See Genesis 15:5-6.) But in
this verse, Abraham does not believe what God says....
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ABRAHAM... LAUGHED. — The Jewish interpreters regard Abraham’s
laugh as one of joy, and Sarah’s (Genesis 18:12) as one of unbelief.
We may, however, well doubt whether there really was this difference...
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וַ יִּפֹּ֧ל אַבְרָהָ֛ם עַל ־פָּנָ֖יו
וַ יִּצְ
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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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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and (f) 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?
(f) Which proc...
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_Laughed for joy and admiration at such unexpected news. "He
rejoiced," says the Chaldean, the faith of Abraham is never called
into question. (Romans iv. 19.)_...
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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 o...
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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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17._And Abraham fell upon his face _This was in token, not only of his
reverence, but also of his faith. For Abraham not only adores God, but
in giving him thanks, testifies that he receives and embra...
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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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THEN ABRAHAM FELL UPON HIS FACE,.... In reverence of the divine Being,
and as amazed at what was told him:
AND LAUGHED; not through distrust and diffidence of the promise, as
Sarah did, for he stagge...
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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?
Ver. 17. _Abraham...
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_Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed_ It was a laughter of
delight, not of distrust. Now it was that _Abraham rejoiced to see
Christ's day;_ now _he saw it and was glad;_ (John 8:56;) for as he...
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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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A Child Promised to Sarah...
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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? The marvel of such a...
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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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He LAUGHED, through admiration and holy rejoicing at so great a
blessing, not through unbelief, as Sarah did, GENESIS 18:12,13, as
appears from ROMANS 4:19,20. And though the outward act was the same...
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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 17:17 Abraham H85 fell H5307 (H8799) face H6440 laughed H6711
(H8799) said H559 (H8799) heart...
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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 17:1 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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fell. Genesis 17:3 Leviticus 9:24 Numbers 14:5 Numbers 16:22 Numbers
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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...
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Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed — It was a laughter of
delight, not of distrust. Now it was that Abraham rejoiced to see
Christ's day, now he saw it and was glad, John 8:56, for as he saw
h...