Genesis 17
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Genesis 17:1-9

1Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, 1the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am 2God 3Almighty; Walk before Me, and be 45blameless.2I will 6make My 7covenant between Me and you, And I will 8multiply you exceedingly.” 3Abram 9fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,4“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a 10multitude of nations.5No longer shall you be named 11Abram, But 12your name shall be 13Abraham; For 14I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and 15kings will come from you. 7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your 16descendants after you throughout their generations as an 17everlasting covenant, 18to be God to you and 19to your 20descendants after you. 8And 21I will give to you and to your 22descendants after you the land where you live as a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and 23I will be their God.”

9God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, 24you shall keep My covenant, you and your 25descendants after you throughout their generations.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 17:1 Gen 12:7; 18:1 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 17:1 Heb El Shaddai ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 17:1 Gen 28:3; 35:11 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 17:1 Lit complete, perfect; or having integrity ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 17:1 Gen 6:9; Deut 18:13 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 17:2 Lit give ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 17:2 Gen 15:18 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 17:2 Gen 13:16; 15:5 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 17:3 Gen 17:17; 18:2 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 17:4 Gen 35:11; 48:19 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 17:5 I.e., exalted father ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 17:5 Neh 9:7 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 17:5 I.e., father of a multitude ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 17:5 Rom 4:17 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 17:6 Gen 17:16; 35:11 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 17:7 Gen 17:13, 19; Ps 105:9, 10; Luke 1:55 ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 17:7 Gen 26:24; Lev 11:45; 26:12, 45; Heb 11:16 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 17:7 Gen 28:13; Gal 3:16 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 17:8 Gen 12:7; 13:15, 17; Acts 7:5 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 17:8 Lit seed ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 17:8 Ex 6:7; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Deut 29:13; Rev 21:7 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 17:9 Ex 19:5 ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 17:9 Lit seed ↩

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