Genesis 17:5 - The Pulpit Commentary - Bible Study & Commentary

Genesis 17:5 - Exposition

Neither shall thy name any mere be called Abram ,—Abram, i.e. high father ( vide Genesis 11:26 ); but Abraham —Abraham (in Arabic signifying a multitude); hence "the father of a multitude," as the next clause explains— for a father of many (or a multitude of) nations have I made thee.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

Genesis 17:5 - Exposition

Genesis 17:5 - Exposition

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