Genesis 17:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. ”

Genesis 17:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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 17:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 17:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thy seed. Still practiced by Ishmaelites and others. Noncircumcision was the "reproach" of Egypt ( Joshua 5:9 ).
Genesis 17:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Thou shalt keep my covenant As formerly, covenants were not only committed to public records, but were also wont to be engraven in brass, or sculptured on stones, in order that the memory...
Genesis 17:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 27 CIRCUMCISION OF ABRAHAM Genesis 17:9-10 . And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. This is my covenant...
Genesis 17:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Genesis 17:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God said unto Abraham, &c.— Having declared what he would himself perform, the Lord goes on to signify what he expected from Abraham, and to appoint a sign or token of his covenant with him...
Genesis 17:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 17:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Covenant of Circumcision This chapter is from the Priestly document, of which it shows marked characteristics: see preface to Genesis 15 .
Genesis 17:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Genesis 17:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Covenant with Abraham Genesis 17:1-14 At least thirteen years had passed since the promise of Isaac was first made. Years of sorrow and discipline, but God had not forgotten. Always under...
Genesis 17:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 17:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? It is profitable to...
Genesis 17:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God said unto Abraham, thou shalt keep my covenant therefore ,.... Observe the sign or token of it, circumcision, in the manner after related: thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generatio...
Genesis 17:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. Ver. 9. Thou shalt keep my covenant. ] This is the stipulation on Abraham's pa...
Genesis 17:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 17:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I w...
Genesis 17:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The agreement is mutual: my part was expressed before; now follows thy part, and the condition to which my promise and blessing is annexed.
Genesis 17:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And God said to Abraham, “And as for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations. This is my covenant that you shall keep between me and you and your see...
Genesis 17:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 17:10 . My Covenant.] The outward sign is here called the Covenant, for it is the seal set upon the Covenant. The same mode of expression is used in Acts 7:8 . Also, in...
Genesis 17:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 17:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Every man child among you shall be circumcised The covenant seal I. ITS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE. 1. It taught the natural depravity of man. 2. It taught the necessity of purification. 3....
Genesis 17:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine —consequently an interval of thirteen years had elapsed since the birth of Ishmael; the long delay on the part of God b...
Genesis 17:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep My covenant, therefore, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations. The promise of goodness and mercy on the part of God imposes an obligation on man...
Genesis 17:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 25:10 Psalms 103:18 Isaiah 56:4 Isaiah 56:5
Genesis 17:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Abram and Sarai Greatly Enlarged Genesis 17:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have passed by the sixteenth chapter of Genesis, it behooves us, therefore, to give some striking suggestions relative to...

Genesis 17:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 17:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 17:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 17:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 17:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 17:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 17:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 17:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 17:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 17:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 17:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 17:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 17:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 17:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary