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 17:8

Gen 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Ver. 8. All the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. ] And yet now, for their inexpiable guilt, in putting to death the Lord of life, they are utterly dispossessed of that pleasant land. In Jerusalem itself there are not to be found a hundred households of Jews. a Adrian the emperor drove them utterly... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 17:8

And I: Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 15:7-Ecclesiastes :, Psalms 105:9, Psalms 105:11 wherein thou art a stranger: Heb. of thy sojournings, Genesis 23:4, Genesis 28:4 everlasting: Genesis 48:4, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 31:16, Exodus 31:17, Exodus 40:15, Leviticus 16:34, Numbers 25:13, Deuteronomy 32:8, 2 Samuel 23:5, Psalms 103:17, Hebrews 9:15 their: Exodus 6:7, Leviticus 26:12, Deuteronomy 4:37, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 29:13 Reciprocal: Genesis... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 17:8

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.And I will give thee Canaan for an everlasting possession — God had before promised this land to Abraham and his seed, Genesis 15:18. But here, it is promised for an everlasting possession, as a type of heaven, that everlasting rest which remains for the people of God. This is that better country to which Abraham had an eye,... read more