Genesis 17

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:7-14

7-14 The covenant of grace is from everlasting in the counsels of it, and to everlasting in the consequences of it. The token of the covenant was circumcision. It is here said to be the covenant which Abraham and his seed must keep. Those who will have the Lord to be to them a God, must resolve to be to him a people. Not only Abraham and Isaac, and his posterity by Isaac, were to be circumcised, but also Ishmael and the bond-servants. It sealed not only the covenant of the land of Canaan to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:15-22

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 signifies my princess, as if her honour were confined to one family only; Sarah signifies a princess. The more favours God confers upon us, the more low we should be in our own eyes. Abraham showed great joy; he laughed, it was a laughter of delight, not of distrust. Now it was that Abraham rejoiced to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:23-27

23-27 Abraham and all his family were circumcised; so receiving the token of the covenant, and distinguishing themselves from other families that had no part nor lot in the matter. It was an implicit obedience; he did as God said unto him, and did not ask why or wherefore. He did it because God bade him. It was a speedy obedience; in the self-same day. Sincere obedience makes no delay. Not only the doctrines of revelation, but the seals of God's covenant, remind us that we are guilty, polluted... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:1-8

The Promise Renewed v. 1. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect. Twenty-four years Abram had now been a stranger in Canaan, thirteen years had elapsed since the birth of Ishmael, and still the patience of Abram and Sarai was sorely tried, still no child came to gladden their hearts. But the Lord now appeared to Abram once more, calling Himself the almighty God, and bidding His... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:9-14

Circumcision Instituted v. 9. And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep My covenant, therefore, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations. The promise of goodness and mercy on the part of God imposes an obligation on man to keep the provisions of His covenant. v. 10. 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. So circumcision, the operation by which the foreskin of the flesh is removed, is not a... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:15-22

A Child Promised to Sarah v. 15. And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. This change of names is significant, for the wife of Abraham, heretofore known as Sarai, "the princely," "heroine," was hereafter to be called Sarah, "princess," as the ancestress of princes and kings. Thus the promise of God narrowed down, first from a member of Abraham's household to a son of his own body, and now to his own son by Sarah, his... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:23-27

Abraham's Obedience v. 23. 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 circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. The prompt and literal obedience which Abraham rendered is an evidence of his faith; for that very day he performed the rite of circumcision upon Ishmael and upon all his men, whether born while in his possession or bought... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 17:1-27

SIXTH SECTIONAbram 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. The name Sarai changed to Sarah. The new Names. The promised one not Ishmael, but IsaacGenesis 17:1-271And when [after the lapse of a long period] Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him. I am the Almighty God [El Shaddai]; walk before me, and be thou... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 17:1

Genesis WITH, BEFORE, AFTER WAITING FAITH REWARDED AND STRENGTHENED BY NEW REVELATIONS Gen_17:1 - Gen_17:9 . Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. He was ninety-nine when God appeared to him, as recorded in this chapter. There had been three divine communications in these twenty-five years-one at Bethel on entering the land, one after the hiving off of Lot, and one after the battle with the Eastern kings. The last-named vision had taken place before Ishmael’s birth, and... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 17:2-9

Genesis WAITING FAITH REWARDED AND STRENGTHENED BY NEW REVELATIONS Gen_17:1 - Gen_17:9 . Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. He was ninety-nine when God appeared to him, as recorded in this chapter. There had been three divine communications in these twenty-five years-one at Bethel on entering the land, one after the hiving off of Lot, and one after the battle with the Eastern kings. The last-named vision had taken place before Ishmael’s birth, and therefore more than... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:7-14

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:15-22

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:23-27

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:1-8

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:9-14

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:15-22

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 17:23-27

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 17:1-27

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 17:1

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 17:2-9

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