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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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_fell upon his face_ See Genesis 17:3.
_laughed_ The incredulous laughter of Abraham here, according to P,
should be compared with that of Sarah, in Genesis 18:12, according to
J, as a play upon the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Child Promised to Sarah...
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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...