Genesis 17:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 17:1-3

Here is, I. The time when God made Abram this gracious visit: When he was ninety-nine years old, full thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael. 1. So long, it should seem, God's extraordinary appearances to Abram were intermitted; and all the communion he had with God was only in the usual was of ordinances and providences. Note, There are some special comforts which are not the daily bread, no, not of the best saints, but they are favoured with them now and then. On this side heaven they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 17:2

And I will make my covenant between me and thee ,.... The covenant of circumcision, so called from the token of it, which God is said to make or give F5 אתנה "dabo", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt. , being his own constitution, and depended on his sovereign will and pleasure, see Acts 7:8 , and will multiply thee exceedingly ; as he had before promised at several times, and now renews it, lest be should think that Ishmael was the promised seed; for though Hagar's seed is promised... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 17:2

Verse 2 2.And I will make my covenant He now begins more fully and abundantly to explain what he had before alluded to briefly. We have said that the covenant of God with Abram had two parts. The first was a declaration of gratuitous love; to which was annexed the promise of a happy life. But the other was an exhortation to the sincere endeavor to cultivate uprightness, since God had given, in a single word only, a slight taste of his grace; and then immediately had descended to the design of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 17:2

And I will make my covenant between me and thee . Literally, I will give (cf. Genesis 9:9 , Genesis 9:11 , Genesis 9:12 ). Neither an additional covenant to that described in Genesis 15:1-21 . (Rosenmüller), nor a different traditional account of the transaction contained in Genesis 15:1-21 . (Tuch, Bleek), nor the original Elohistic narrative of which that in Genesis 15:1-21 . was a later imitation (Knobel); but an intimation that the covenant already concluded was about... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 17:1-27

- The Sealing of the Covenant1. שׁדי shaday, Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six times in Genesis, and thirty-one times in Job.5. אברהם 'abrâhām, Abraham, from אברם 'abrām “high-father,” and הם hām the radical part of המין hāmôn a “multitude,” is obtained by a euphonic abbreviation אברהם 'abrâhām, “father of a multitude.” The root רהם rhm is a variation of רום rvm; affording, however, a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 17:1-27

The covenant sealed (17:1-27)As Abram and Sarai grew older, God told them again that he would be faithful to his promises. He revealed himself to them in a new name of power (God Almighty) and gave them each new names (Abraham and Sarah) to emphasize that he would make them parents of a multitude (17:1-6,15-16). The Almighty had made a covenant to be God to Abraham and his descendants, and he would give them Canaan to be their homeland (7-8).To reassure Abraham that he would keep his covenant... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 17:2

exceedingly. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( greatly greatly) . App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 17:1-2

"And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.""Ninety years old and nine ..." Abram's reference to himself as being a hundred years old (Genesis 17:17) allowed for the passage of time before the child was born."Jehovah said, I am God Almighty ..." No redactor said this, God said it; and the denial of this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 17:2

Genesis 17:2. I will make my covenant, &c.— "Continue thou to do thy part, and I will continue stedfast to the purpose of making my covenant, and establishing it with thee; and I appear to thee now to renew and confirm it." Struck with the awfulness of the Divine appearance, Abram fell prostrate on his face, and in this humble posture received the sacred oracles of his God. REFLECTIONS.—We have here another manifestation of God's presence to the holy patriarch, for his comfort and support... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 17:1-8

Thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael (Genesis 16:16) God spoke to Abram again (the fifth revelation; Genesis 17:1). God called Himself by a new name: El Shaddai (the Almighty God). This was appropriate in view of the thing God proceeded to reveal to Abram that He would do. It would require supernatural power.The references to the "covenant" in this chapter have caused some confusion. The Abrahamic Covenant (ch. 15) is in view (Genesis 17:4; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:11; Genesis 17:19;... read more

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