Genesis 17
NASB2020
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeText only

New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 17:3-8

3Abram 1fell 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 2multitude of nations.5No longer shall you be named 3Abram, But 4your name shall be 5Abraham; For 6I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and 7kings will come from you. 7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your 8descendants after you throughout their generations as an 9everlasting covenant, 10to be God to you and 11to your 12descendants after you. 8And 13I will give to you and to your 14descendants after you the land where you live as a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and 15I will be their God.”

Read all of Genesis 17

Notes

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

Commentaries on Genesis 17

New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.