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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

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 17:1-14

God’s Covenant with Abraham Genesis 17:1-14 At least thirteen years had passed since the promise of Isaac was first made. Years of sorrow and discipline, but God had not forgotten. Always under such circumstances the Eternal voice bids us to walk before him and be perfect. Our surrender must be complete, our obedience absolute, our faith fixed steadfastly on the Promiser. So only can God fulfill His covenant, which includes fruitfulness, the salvation of our households, the inheritance and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 17:1-27

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 means, the father of a multitude. The change was significant, as it placed emphasis not upon the importance of the man, but upon the purpose of God through him. Here Jehovah announced Himself as El-Shaddai, the full meaning of which is God all-sufficient. Abraham yielded himself to the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 17:1-17

Abram and Sarai Greatly Enlarged Genesis 17:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have passed by the sixteenth chapter of Genesis, it behooves us, therefore, to give some striking suggestions relative to Sarai and Hagar, which will link us on to the present study. 1. Sarai's unbelief. Sarai had grown quite old. She had lived many years expecting a son in fulfilment of God's promise. Now, in her old age she proposed to Abram that he marry her maid, Hagar. All of this was a mere subterfuge, trying to... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 17:2

THE PROMISE RENEWED‘I will make My covenant between Me and thee.’ Genesis 17:2 I. The sun, the moon, the stars, were the old gods of the East—the Elohim, the high and mighty ones, who ruled over men, over their good or bad fortunes, over the weather, the cattle, the crops, sending burning drought, pestilence, sunstroke, and those moonstrokes of which the Psalmist speaks when he says, ‘The sun shall not smite thee by day nor the moon by night.’ And these the old Easterns worshipped in some... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:1-2

‘And when Abram was ninety nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai (God Almighty). Walk before me and be perfect and I will make my covenant between me and you and will multiply you greatly”.’ Again the number is significant. It indicates that the miracle heir will be born when Abram is ‘one hundred’, in other words at God’s perfect timing. (Note however that Abraham can at the same time describe himself as ‘a hundred years old’ (Genesis 17:17 - compare Genesis... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:1-27

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, one connecting Abraham with Hebron, the other with Beersheba and the Negeb. The former associates Abraham with Lot. (For details, see ICC.) On the interpretation to be placed on the figures of Abraham and the patriarchs, see the Introduction. The interest, which has hitherto been diffused... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 17:2

I am come to renew, establish, and enlarge that covenant which I formerly made with thee. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 17:1-2

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 17:1. The Lord.] Heb. Jehovah, the Author of existence and performance—the Covenant God. Almighty God. Heb. El Shaddai. El, the name for God, which signifies strong, eternal, absolute. Shaddai. From a verb signifying to be strong—to destroy. Hence the Irresistible One, able to make and to destroy—the Almighty. “This is the name which expresses God’s Almightiness, and by which He says He was known to the patriarchs, rather than by the Covenant name Jehovah (Exodus 6:3).... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 17:1-2

Genesis 17:1-2 I. The sun, the moon, the stars, were the old gods of the East, the Elohim, the high and mighty ones, who ruled over men, over their good or bad fortunes, over the weather, the cattle, the crops, sending burning drought, pestilence, sunstroke, and those moonstrokes of which the Psalmist speaks when he says, "The sun shall not smite thee by day nor the moon by night." And these the old Easterns worshipped in some wild confused way. But to Abraham it was revealed that the sun, the... read more