“ And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! ”
- The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday , Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six time...
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...
might live, as though he thought Ishmael was to die: showing his faith in Isaac's birth. This is proved from Genesis 17:20 .
18. And Abraham said unto God Abraham does not now wonder silently within himself, but pours forth his wish and prayer. His language, however, is that of a mind still perturbed and vacillati...
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! O that Ishmael might live before thee! - Abraham, finding that the covenant was to be established in another branch of his family, fe...
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! O that Ishmael. This expressed the natural solicitude of a parent. But God's thoughts are not as man's thoughts.
The Covenant of Circumcision This chapter is from the Priestly document, of which it shows marked characteristics: see preface to Genesis 15 .
O that Ishmael... — For thirteen years Ishmael had been the “son of the house” ( Genesis 15:3 ), and regarded probably as the true heir. Mingled then with Abraham’s joy there was also the pain, nat...
THE COVENANT SEALED Genesis 17:1-27 ACCORDING to the dates here given fourteen years had passed since Abram had received any intimation of God's will regarding him. Since the covenant had been...
Isaac Is Promised Genesis 17:15-27 There are two allusions to laughter in these Chapter s. Sarah's was the laugh of incredulity, see Genesis 18:12 ; but Abraham's was the laugh of happy confid...
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, whic...
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! Oh! that all parents had Abraham's spirit, and used this prayer!
And Abraham said unto God ,.... Being told he should have a son by Sarah, that should be his heir, he is concerned for Ishmael what would become of him; and who, being grown up, had doubtless a larg...
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! Ver. 18. Oh that Ishmael might live. ] The life of grace here, and of glory hereafter: that he be not "killed with death" when he...
And Abraham said, O that Ishmael might live before thee! This he speaks, not as desiring that Ishmael might be preferred before the son he should have by Sarah, but as dreading lest he should be...
THE COVENANT AND ITS SIGN - CIRCUMCISION Another thirteen years passes before the Lord's appearing to Abram now at the age of 99 years. In Chapter 15:1 He had told Abram, "I am your shield, your e...
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I wi...
Grant, O Lord, that the giving of one son may not be joined with the taking away of another; that Ishmael may faithfully serve thee, and may have a share in thy favour and gracious covenant. For this...
‘Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah who is ninety years old produce a child?” And Abraham sai...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 17:15 . Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.] “It is acknowledged on all hands that Sarah means a princess; but as to Sarai, Hebraists are...
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...
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah The clearer revelation of covenant blessings In God’s spiritual dealings with mankind the patience of faith is rewarded by a...
A Child Promised to Sarah
O that. Jeremiah 32:39 Acts 2:39 before. Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:14 Psalms 4:6 Psalms 41:12 Isaiah 59:2
And Abraham said, O that Ishmael might live before thee! — This he speaks nor as desiring that Ishmael might be preferred before the son he should have by Sarah, but as dreading lest he should be f...