Chapter 17

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was Gen 16:16

the Lord Gen 12:1

Almighty Gen 18:14, Gen 28:3, Gen 35:11; Exod 6:3; Num 11:23; Deut 10:17; Job 11:7; Ps 115:3; Jer 32:17; Dan 4:35; Matt 19:26; Eph 3:20; Phil 4:13; Heb 7:25

walk Gen 5:22, Gen 5:24, Gen 6:9, Gen 48:15; 1Kgs 2:4, 1Kgs 3:6, 1Kgs 8:25; 2Kgs 20:3; Ps 116:9; Isa 38:3; Mic 6:8; Luke 1:6; Acts 23:1, Acts 24:16; Heb 12:28

perfect or, upright, or sincere, Gen 6:9; Deut 18:13; Job 1:1; Matt 5:48


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And I Gen 17:4-6, Gen 9:9, Gen 15:18; Ps 105:8-11; Gal 3:17-18

multiply Gen 12:2, Gen 13:16, Gen 22:17


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Gen 17:17; Exod 3:6; Lev 9:23-24; Num 14:5, Num 16:22, Num 16:45; Josh 5:14; Judg 13:20; 1Kgs 18:39; Ezek 1:28, Ezek 3:23, Ezek 9:8; Dan 8:17-18, Dan 10:9; Matt 17:6; Rev 1:17


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a father Gen 12:2, Gen 13:16, Gen 16:10, Gen 22:17, Gen 25:1-18, Gen 32:12, Gen 35:11, Gen 36:1-43; Num 1:1-54; Num 26:1-65; Rom 4:11-18; Gal 3:28-29

many nations Heb. multitude of nations


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but thy name Gen 17:15, Gen 32:28; Num 13:16; 2Sam 12:25; Neh 9:7; Isa 62:2-4, Isa 65:15; Jer 20:3; Jer 23:6; Matt 1:21-23; John 1:42; Rev 2:17

Abraham i.e. father of a great multitude


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nations Gen 17:4, Gen 17:20, Gen 35:11

kings Gen 17:16, Gen 36:31-43; Ezra 4:20; Matt 1:6-17


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And I Gen 15:18, Gen 26:24; Exod 6:4; Ps 105:8-11; Mic 7:20; Luke 1:54-55, Luke 1:72-75; Rom 9:4, Rom 9:8-9; Gal 3:17; Eph 2:2

God Gen 26:24, Gen 28:13; Exod 3:6, Exod 3:15; Lev 26:12; Ps 81:10; Ezek 28:26; Matt 22:32; Heb 8:10, Heb 11:16

and to Exod 19:5-6; Mark 10:14; Acts 2:39; Rom 9:7-9


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And I Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 13:17, Gen 15:7-21; Ps 105:9, Ps 105:11

wherein thou art a stranger Heb. of thy sojournings, Gen 23:4, Gen 28:4

everlasting Gen 48:4; Exod 21:6, Exod 31:16-17, Exod 40:15; Lev 16:34; Num 25:13; Deut 32:8; 2Sam 23:5; Ps 103:17; Heb 9:15

their Exod 6:7; Lev 26:12; Deut 4:37, Deut 14:2, Deut 26:18, Deut 29:13


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Ps 25:10, Ps 103:18; Isa 56:4-5


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Every Gen 17:11, Gen 34:15; Exod 4:25, Exod 12:48; Deut 10:16, Deut 30:6; Josh 5:2, Josh 5:4; Jer 4:4, Jer 9:25-26; Acts 7:8; Rom 2:28-29, Rom 3:1, Rom 3:25, Rom 3:28, Rom 3:30, Rom 4:9-11; 1Cor 7:18-19; Gal 3:28; Gal 5:3-6, Gal 6:12; Eph 2:11; Phil 3:3; Col 2:11-12


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the flesh Exod 4:25; Josh 5:3; 1Sam 18:25-27; 2Sam 3:14

a token Acts 7:8; Rom 4:11


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he that is eight days old Heb. a son of eight days, Gen 21:4; Lev 12:3; Luke 1:59, Luke 2:21; John 7:22-23; Acts 7:8; Rom 2:28; Phil 3:5

is born Gen 17:23; Exod 12:48-49


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born Gen 14:14, Gen 15:3; Exod 12:44, Exod 21:4

bought Gen 37:27, Gen 37:36, Gen 39:1; Exod 21:2, Exod 21:16; Neh 5:5, Neh 5:8; Matt 18:25


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cut Exod 4:24-26, Exod 12:15, Exod 12:19, Exod 30:33, Exod 30:38; Lev 7:20-21, Lev 7:25, Lev 7:27, Lev 18:29, Lev 19:8; Num 15:30-31; Josh 5:2-12

broken Ps 55:20; Isa 24:5, Isa 33:8; Jer 11:10, Jer 31:32; 1Cor 11:27, 1Cor 11:29


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As Gen 17:5, Gen 32:28; 2Sam 12:25

Sarah i.e. princess


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And I Gen 1:28, Gen 12:2, Gen 24:60; Rom 9:9

give Gen 18:10-14

be a mother of nations Heb. become nations, Gen 35:11; Gal 4:26-31; 1Pet 3:6

kings Gen 17:6; Isa 49:23


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fell Gen 17:3; Lev 9:24; Num 14:5, Num 16:22, Num 16:45; Deut 9:18, Deut 9:25; Josh 5:14, Josh 7:6; Judg 13:20; 1Chr 21:16; Job 1:20; Ezek 1:28; Dan 8:17; Matt 2:11; Rev 5:8, Rev 11:16

laughed Gen 18:12, Gen 21:6; John 8:56; Rom 4:19-20


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O that Jer 32:39; Acts 2:39

before Gen 4:12, Gen 4:14; Ps 4:6, Ps 41:12; Isa 59:2


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Sarah Gen 17:21, Gen 18:10-14, Gen 21:2-3, Gen 21:6; 2Kgs 4:16-17; Luke 1:13-20; Rom 9:6-9; Gal 4:28-31

Isaac Yitzchak, which we change into Isaac, signifies laughter; in allusion to Abraham's laughing, Gen 17:17. By this Abraham did not express his unbelief or weakness of faith, but his joy at the prospect of the fulfilment of so glorious a promise; and to this our Lord evidently alludes, John 8:56.


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I have blessed Gen 16:10-12

twelve Gen 25:12-18

and I Gen 21:13, Gen 21:18


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my Gen 21:10-12, Gen 26:2-5, Gen 46:1, Gen 48:15; Exod 2:24, Exod 3:6; Luke 1:55, Luke 1:72; Rom 9:5-6, Rom 9:9; Gal 3:29; Heb 11:9

at Gen 18:10, Gen 21:2-3; Job 14:13; Acts 1:7


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Gen 17:3, Gen 18:33, Gen 35:9-15; Exod 20:22; Num 12:6-8; Deut 5:4; Judg 6:21, Judg 13:20; John 1:18, John 10:30


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circumcised Gen 17:10-14, Gen 17:26-27, Gen 18:19, Gen 34:24; Josh 5:2-9; Ps 119:60; Prov 27:1; Eccl 9:10; Acts 16:3; Rom 2:25-29, Rom 4:9-12; 1Cor 7:18-19; Gal 5:6, Gal 6:15


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Gen 17:1, Gen 17:17, Gen 12:4; Rom 4:11, Rom 4:19-20


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Not only the Jews, but the Arabs, who are the descendants of Ishmael, retain the rite of circumcision to this day; and the latter perform it, as the other Mahometanus also do, at the age of thirteen.


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Gen 12:4, Gen 22:3-4; Ps 119:60


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circumcised Gen 18:19


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