Genesis 17:7,Genesis 17:8

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 17:1-27

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 because God gave it to Abraham, and is still mindful of it to confirm it forever to the faithful. Isaiah 51:6. Genesis 17:3. Fell on his face. The exterior acts of worship were in general four. (1) Prostration of the body to the ground. (2) Bowing the head. (3) Bowing the upper part of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 17:3-8

Genesis 17:3-8My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nationsThe second stage of the covenantAlready Jehovah, the Covenant God, had appeared thrice to Abram.1. Simply to assure him that he should be blessed, and become a blessing Genesis 12:7). 2. To give him the promise of a numerous progeny, as the dust of the earth for multitude (Genesis 13:16). 3. To repeat this assurance, but now likening the number of his seed to the stars of heaven (Genesis 15:5). This third vision... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 17:7-8

Genesis 17:7-8I will establish My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after theeThe faithful CovenanterThe communion and fellowship of man with God, was first founded on a covenant of works made with Adam in Paradise.But this fellowship being placed in man’s own freedom, and having so weak a foundation, he lost both himself and it, so that now by the first covenant of works, Adam and all his posterity are under a curse; for we cannot fulfil the law that requireth personal obedience,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 17:7

Gen 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Ver. 7. For an everlasting covenant. ] Circumcision, the outward sign of it, was temporary, and changeable into baptism; but the covenant of grace, thereby then, and by baptism now, sealed up unto us, is eternal; being established and ratified. by the death of the Testator, "by the blood of the Arch-shepherd".... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 17:7

And I: Genesis 15:18, Genesis 26:24, Exodus 6:4, Psalms 105:8-1 Kings :, Micah 7:20, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:55, Luke 1:72-Susanna :, Romans 9:4, Romans 9:8, Romans 9:9, Galatians 3:17, Ephesians 2:2 God: Genesis 26:24, Genesis 28:13, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:15, Leviticus 26:12, Psalms 81:10, Ezekiel 28:26, Matthew 22:32, Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 11:16 and to: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Mark 10:14, Acts 2:39, Romans 9:7-1 Samuel : Reciprocal: Genesis 6:18 - establish Genesis 9:9 - General Genesis 13:15... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 17:7

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.And I will establish my covenant — Not to be altered or revoked; not with thee only, then it would die with thee but with thy seed after thee; and it is not only thy seed after the flesh, but thy spiritual seed. It is everlasting in the evangelical meaning of it. The covenant of grace is everlasting; it is from... read more