Genesis 17:4
As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a (a) father of many nations. (a) Not only physical descendants, but of a far greater multitude by faith, (Romans 4:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a (a) father of many nations. (a) Not only physical descendants, but of a far greater multitude by faith, (Romans 4:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be (b) Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. (b) The changing of his name is a seal to confirm God's promise to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
(c) 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. (c) Circumcision is called the covenant, because it signifies the covenant and has the promise of grace joined to it: a phrase that is common to all ordinances... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your (d) foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. (d) That private part is circumcised, to show that all that is begotten by man is corrupt, and must die.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the uncircumcised (e) man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. (e) Though women were not circumcised, they still partook of God's promise: for under mankind all was consecrated. Here it is declared, that wh... [ Continue Reading ]
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 proceeded from a sudden joy, and not from lack of faith.... [ 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 (g) everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him. (g) The everlasting covenant is made with the children of the Spirit. A temporary promise is made... [ 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 (h) circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. (h) They were well taught if they obeyed and we... [ Continue Reading ]