“ And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. ”
- 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...
22. God went up from Abraham This expression contains a profitable doctrine, namely, that Abraham certainly knew this vision to be from God; for the ascent here spoken implies as much. And i...
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. God went up from Abraham - Ascended evidently before him, so that he had the fullest proof that it was no human being, no earthly angel...
My covenant will I establish, &c.— This is an abundant proof, that the covenant which God entered into with Abraham, was of a spiritual as well as a temporal nature, by being thus limited t...
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Covenant of Circumcision This chapter is from the Priestly document, of which it shows marked characteristics: see preface to Genesis 15 .
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 took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreski...
And he left off talking; with him ,.... After he had finished all he had to say to him at this time. It was great condescension in the divine Being to talk with a creature; it was wonderful grace an...
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. Ver. 22. And he left off talking with him. ] As man with his friend. Such honour have all his saints. Oh, speak it when I am gone, a...
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...
To heaven in a visible manner, as it seems he conversed with him in some visible shape. Compare Genesis 35:13 Judges 13:20 .
‘And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.' The order in the second phrase suggests that the first phrase means it was God Who left off talking with Abraham. The covenant was...
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
Genesis 17:3 Genesis 18:33 Genesis 35:9-15 Exodus 20:22 Numbers 12:6-8 Deuteronomy 5:4 Judges 6:21 Judges 13:20 John 1:18 John 10:30