Genesis 17:4 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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⁴ As for me, ^H589 behold, my covenant ^H1285 is with thee, and thou shalt be a father ^H1 of many ^H1995 nations. ^H1471

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Then again ^H3254 Abraham ^H85 took ^H3947 a wife, ^H802 and her name ^H8034 was Keturah. ^H6989 And she bare ^H3205 him Zimran, ^H2175 and Jokshan, ^H3370 and Medan, ^H4091 and Midian, ^H4080 and Ishbak, ^H3435 and Shuah. ^H7744 And Jokshan ^H3370 begat ^H3205 Sheba, ^H7614 and Dedan. ^H1719 And the sons ^H1121 of Dedan ^H1719 were Asshurim, ^H805 and Letushim, ^H3912 and Leummim. ^H3817 And the sons ^H1121 of Midian; ^H4080 Ephah, ^H5891 and Epher, ^H6081 and Hanoch, ^H2585 and Abida, ^H28 and Eldaah. ^H420 All these were the children ^H1121 of Keturah. ^H6989 And Abraham ^H85 gave ^H5414 all that he had unto Isaac. ^H3327 But unto the sons ^H1121 of the concubines, ^H6370 which Abraham ^H85 had, Abraham ^H85 gave ^H5414 gifts, ^H4979 and sent them away ^H7971 from Isaac ^H3327 his son, ^H1121 while he yet lived, ^H2416 eastward, ^H6924 unto the east ^H6924 country. ^H776 And these are the days ^H3117 of the years ^H8141 of Abraham's ^H85 life ^H2416 which he lived, ^H2425 an hundred ^H3967 ^H8141 threescore and fifteen ^H7657 ^H8141 ^H2568 years. ^H8141 Then Abraham ^H85 gave up the ghost, ^H1478 and died ^H4191 in a good ^H2896 old age, ^H7872 an old man, ^H2205 and full ^H7649 of years; and was gathered ^H622 to his people. ^H5971 And his sons ^H1121 Isaac ^H3327 and Ishmael ^H3458 buried ^H6912 him in the cave ^H4631 of Machpelah, ^H4375 in the field ^H7704 of Ephron ^H6085 the son ^H1121 of Zohar ^H6714 the Hittite, ^H2850 which is before ^H6440 Mamre; ^H4471 The field ^H7704 which Abraham ^H85 purchased ^H7069 of the sons ^H1121 of Heth: ^H2845 there was Abraham ^H85 buried, ^H6912 and Sarah ^H8283 his wife. ^H802 And it came to pass after ^H310 the death ^H4194 of Abraham, ^H85 that God ^H430 blessed ^H1288 his son ^H1121 Isaac; ^H3327 and Isaac ^H3327 dwelt ^H3427 by ^H5973 the well Lahairoi. ^H883 Now these are the generations ^H8435 of Ishmael, ^H3458 Abraham's ^H85 son, ^H1121 whom Hagar ^H1904 the Egyptian, ^H4713 Sarah's ^H8283 handmaid, ^H8198 bare ^H3205 unto Abraham: ^H85 And these are the names ^H8034 of the sons ^H1121 of Ishmael, ^H3458 by their names, ^H8034 according to their generations: ^H8435 the firstborn ^H1060 of Ishmael, ^H3458 Nebajoth; ^H5032 and Kedar, ^H6938 and Adbeel, ^H110 and Mibsam, ^H4017 And Mishma, ^H4927 and Dumah, ^H1746 and Massa, ^H4854 Hadar, ^H2316 and Tema, ^H8485 Jetur, ^H3195 Naphish, ^H5305 and Kedemah: ^H6929 These are the sons ^H1121 of Ishmael, ^H3458 and these are their names, ^H8034 by their towns, ^H2691 and by their castles; ^H2918 twelve ^H8147 ^H6240 princes ^H5387 according to their nations. ^H523 And these are the years ^H8141 of the life ^H2416 of Ishmael, ^H3458 an hundred ^H3967 ^H8141 and thirty ^H7970 ^H8141 and seven ^H7651 years: ^H8141 and he gave up the ghost ^H1478 and died; ^H4191 and was gathered ^H622 unto his people. ^H5971 And they dwelt ^H7931 from Havilah ^H2341 unto Shur, ^H7793 that is before ^H6440 Egypt, ^H4714 as thou goest ^H935 toward Assyria: ^H804 and he died ^H5307 in the presence ^H6440 of all his brethren. ^H251

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Now these are the generations ^H8435 of Esau, ^H6215 who is Edom. ^H123 Esau ^H6215 took ^H3947 his wives ^H802 of the daughters ^H1323 of Canaan; ^H3667 Adah ^H5711 the daughter ^H1323 of Elon ^H356 the Hittite, ^H2850 and Aholibamah ^H173 the daughter ^H1323 of Anah ^H6034 the daughter ^H1323 of Zibeon ^H6649 the Hivite; ^H2340 And Bashemath ^H1315 Ishmael's ^H3458 daughter, ^H1323 sister ^H269 of Nebajoth. ^H5032 And Adah ^H5711 bare ^H3205 to Esau ^H6215 Eliphaz; ^H464 and Bashemath ^H1315 bare ^H3205 Reuel; ^H7467 And Aholibamah ^H173 bare ^H3205 Jeush, ^H3274 and Jaalam, ^H3281 and Korah: ^H7141 these are the sons ^H1121 of Esau, ^H6215 which were born ^H3205 unto him in the land ^H776 of Canaan. ^H3667 And Esau ^H6215 took ^H3947 his wives, ^H802 and his sons, ^H1121 and his daughters, ^H1323 and all the persons ^H5315 of his house, ^H1004 and his cattle, ^H4735 and all his beasts, ^H929 and all his substance, ^H7075 which he had got ^H7408 in the land ^H776 of Canaan; ^H3667 and went ^H3212 into the country ^H776 from the face ^H6440 of his brother ^H251 Jacob. ^H3290 For their riches ^H7399 were more ^H7227 than that they might dwell ^H3427 together; ^H3162 and the land ^H776 wherein they were strangers ^H4033 could ^H3201 not bear ^H5375 them because ^H6440 of their cattle. ^H4735 Thus dwelt ^H3427 Esau ^H6215 in mount ^H2022 Seir: ^H8165 Esau ^H6215 is Edom. ^H123 And these are the generations ^H8435 of Esau ^H6215 the father ^H1 of the Edomites ^H123 in mount ^H2022 Seir: ^H8165 These are the names ^H8034 of Esau's ^H6215 sons; ^H1121 Eliphaz ^H464 the son ^H1121 of Adah ^H5711 the wife ^H802 of Esau, ^H6215 Reuel ^H7467 the son ^H1121 of Bashemath ^H1315 the wife ^H802 of Esau. ^H6215 And the sons ^H1121 of Eliphaz ^H464 were Teman, ^H8487 Omar, ^H201 Zepho, ^H6825 and Gatam, ^H1609 and Kenaz. ^H7073 And Timna ^H8555 was concubine ^H6370 to Eliphaz ^H464 Esau's ^H6215 son; ^H1121 and she bare ^H3205 to Eliphaz ^H464 Amalek: ^H6002 these were the sons ^H1121 of Adah ^H5711 Esau's ^H6215 wife. ^H802 And these are the sons ^H1121 of Reuel; ^H7467 Nahath, ^H5184 and Zerah, ^H2226 Shammah, ^H8048 and Mizzah: ^H4199 these were the sons ^H1121 of Bashemath ^H1315 Esau's ^H6215 wife. ^H802 And these were the sons ^H1121 of Aholibamah, ^H173 the daughter ^H1323 of Anah ^H6034 the daughter ^H1323 of Zibeon, ^H6649 Esau's ^H6215 wife: ^H802 and she bare ^H3205 to Esau ^H6215 Jeush, ^H3274 and Jaalam, ^H3281 and Korah. ^H7141 These were dukes ^H441 of the sons ^H1121 of Esau: ^H6215 the sons ^H1121 of Eliphaz ^H464 the firstborn ^H1060 son of Esau; ^H6215 duke ^H441 Teman, ^H8487 duke ^H441 Omar, ^H201 duke ^H441 Zepho, ^H6825 duke ^H441 Kenaz, ^H7073 Duke ^H441 Korah, ^H7141 duke ^H441 Gatam, ^H1609 and duke ^H441 Amalek: ^H6002 these are the dukes ^H441 that came of Eliphaz ^H464 in the land ^H776 of Edom; ^H123 these were the sons ^H1121 of Adah. ^H5711 And these are the sons ^H1121 of Reuel ^H7467 Esau's ^H6215 son; ^H1121 duke ^H441 Nahath, ^H5184 duke ^H441 Zerah, ^H2226 duke ^H441 Shammah, ^H8048 duke ^H441 Mizzah: ^H4199 these are the dukes ^H441 that came of Reuel ^H7467 in the land ^H776 of Edom; ^H123 these are the sons ^H1121 of Bashemath ^H1315 Esau's ^H6215 wife. ^H802 And these are the sons ^H1121 of Aholibamah ^H173 Esau's ^H6215 wife; ^H802 duke ^H441 Jeush, ^H3266 duke ^H441 Jaalam, ^H3281 duke ^H441 Korah: ^H7141 these were the dukes ^H441 that came of Aholibamah ^H173 the daughter ^H1323 of Anah, ^H6034 Esau's ^H6215 wife. ^H802 These are the sons ^H1121 of Esau, ^H6215 who is Edom, ^H123 and these are their dukes. ^H441 These are the sons ^H1121 of Seir ^H8165 the Horite, ^H2752 who inhabited ^H3427 the land; ^H776 Lotan, ^H3877 and Shobal, ^H7732 and Zibeon, ^H6649 and Anah, ^H6034 And Dishon, ^H1787 and Ezer, ^H687 and Dishan: ^H1789 these are the dukes ^H441 of the Horites, ^H2752 the children ^H1121 of Seir ^H8165 in the land ^H776 of Edom. ^H123 And the children ^H1121 of Lotan ^H3877 were Hori ^H2753 and Hemam; ^H1967 and Lotan's ^H3877 sister ^H269 was Timna. ^H8555 And the children ^H1121 of Shobal ^H7732 were these; Alvan, ^H5935 and Manahath, ^H4506 and Ebal, ^H5858 Shepho, ^H8195 and Onam. ^H208 And these are the children ^H1121 of Zibeon; ^H6649 both Ajah, ^H345 and Anah: ^H6034 this was that Anah ^H6034 that found ^H4672 the mules ^H3222 in the wilderness, ^H4057 as he fed ^H7462 the asses ^H2543 of Zibeon ^H6649 his father. ^H1 And the children ^H1121 of Anah ^H6034 were these; Dishon, ^H1787 and Aholibamah ^H173 the daughter ^H1323 of Anah. ^H6034 And these are the children ^H1121 of Dishon; ^H1787 Hemdan, ^H2533 and Eshban, ^H790 and Ithran, ^H3506 and Cheran. ^H3763 The children ^H1121 of Ezer ^H687 are these; Bilhan, ^H1092 and Zaavan, ^H2190 and Akan. ^H6130 The children ^H1121 of Dishan ^H1789 are these; Uz, ^H5780 and Aran. ^H765 These are the dukes ^H441 that came of the Horites; ^H2752 duke ^H441 Lotan, ^H3877 duke ^H441 Shobal, ^H7732 duke ^H441 Zibeon, ^H6649 duke ^H441 Anah, ^H6034 Duke ^H441 Dishon, ^H1787 duke ^H441 Ezer, ^H687 duke ^H441 Dishan: ^H1789 these are the dukes ^H441 that came of Hori, ^H2753 among their dukes ^H441 in the land ^H776 of Seir. ^H8165 And these are the kings ^H4428 that reigned ^H4427 in the land ^H776 of Edom, ^H123 before ^H6440 there reigned ^H4427 any king ^H4428 over the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478 And Bela ^H1106 the son ^H1121 of Beor ^H1160 reigned ^H4427 in Edom: ^H123 and the name ^H8034 of his city ^H5892 was Dinhabah. ^H1838 And Bela ^H1106 died, ^H4191 and Jobab ^H3103 the son ^H1121 of Zerah ^H2226 of Bozrah ^H1224 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. And Jobab ^H3103 died, ^H4191 and Husham ^H2367 of the land ^H776 of Temani ^H8489 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. And Husham ^H2367 died, ^H4191 and Hadad ^H1908 the son ^H1121 of Bedad, ^H911 who smote ^H5221 Midian ^H4080 in the field ^H7704 of Moab, ^H4124 reigned ^H4427 in his stead: and the name ^H8034 of his city ^H5892 was Avith. ^H5762 And Hadad ^H1908 died, ^H4191 and Samlah ^H8072 of Masrekah ^H4957 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. And Samlah ^H8072 died, ^H4191 and Saul ^H7586 of Rehoboth ^H7344 by the river ^H5104 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. And Saul ^H7586 died, ^H4191 and Baalhanan ^H1177 the son ^H1121 of Achbor ^H5907 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. And Baalhanan ^H1177 the son ^H1121 of Achbor ^H5907 died, ^H4191 and Hadar ^H1924 reigned ^H4427 in his stead: and the name ^H8034 of his city ^H5892 was Pau; ^H6464 and his wife's ^H802 name ^H8034 was Mehetabel, ^H4105 the daughter ^H1323 of Matred, ^H4308 the daughter ^H1323 of Mezahab. ^H4314 And these are the names ^H8034 of the dukes ^H441 that came of Esau, ^H6215 according to their families, ^H4940 after their places, ^H4725 by their names; ^H8034 duke ^H441 Timnah, ^H8555 duke ^H441 Alvah, ^H5933 duke ^H441 Jetheth, ^H3509 Duke ^H441 Aholibamah, ^H173 duke ^H441 Elah, ^H425 duke ^H441 Pinon, ^H6373 Duke ^H441 Kenaz, ^H7073 duke ^H441 Teman, ^H8487 duke ^H441 Mibzar, ^H4014 Duke ^H441 Magdiel, ^H4025 duke ^H441 Iram: ^H5902 these be the dukes ^H441 of Edom, ^H123 according to their habitations ^H4186 in the land ^H776 of their possession: ^H272 he is Esau ^H6215 the father ^H1 of the Edomites. ^H123

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And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto Moses ^H4872 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Sinai, ^H5514 in the tabernacle ^H168 of the congregation, ^H4150 on the first ^H259 day of the second ^H8145 month, ^H2320 in the second ^H8145 year ^H8141 after they were come out ^H3318 of the land ^H776 of Egypt, ^H4714 saying, ^H559 Take ^H5375 ye the sum ^H7218 of all the congregation ^H5712 of the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 with the number ^H4557 of their names, ^H8034 every male ^H2145 by their polls; ^H1538 From twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that are able to go forth ^H3318 to war ^H6635 in Israel: ^H3478 thou and Aaron ^H175 shall number ^H6485 them by their armies. ^H6635 And with you there shall be a man ^H376 of every ^H376 tribe; ^H4294 every one ^H376 head ^H7218 of the house ^H1004 of his fathers. ^H1 And these are the names ^H8034 of the men ^H582 that shall stand ^H5975 with you: of the tribe of Reuben; ^H7205 Elizur ^H468 the son ^H1121 of Shedeur. ^H7707 Of Simeon; ^H8095 Shelumiel ^H8017 the son ^H1121 of Zurishaddai. ^H6701 Of Judah; ^H3063 Nahshon ^H5177 the son ^H1121 of Amminadab. ^H5992 Of Issachar; ^H3485 Nethaneel ^H5417 the son ^H1121 of Zuar. ^H6686 Of Zebulun; ^H2074 Eliab ^H446 the son ^H1121 of Helon. ^H2497 Of the children ^H1121 of Joseph: ^H3130 of Ephraim; ^H669 Elishama ^H476 the son ^H1121 of Ammihud: ^H5989 of Manasseh; ^H4519 Gamaliel ^H1583 the son ^H1121 of Pedahzur. ^H6301 Of Benjamin; ^H1144 Abidan ^H27 the son ^H1121 of Gideoni. ^H1441 Of Dan; ^H1835 Ahiezer ^H295 the son ^H1121 of Ammishaddai. ^H5996 Of Asher; ^H836 Pagiel ^H6295 the son ^H1121 of Ocran. ^H5918 Of Gad; ^H1410 Eliasaph ^H460 the son ^H1121 of Deuel. ^H1845 Of Naphtali; ^H5321 Ahira ^H299 the son ^H1121 of Enan. ^H5881 These were the renowned ^H7148 of the congregation, ^H5712 princes ^H5387 of the tribes ^H4294 of their fathers, ^H1 heads ^H7218 of thousands ^H505 in ^H1992 Israel. ^H3478 And Moses ^H4872 and Aaron ^H175 took ^H3947 these men ^H582 which are expressed ^H5344 by their names: ^H8034 And they assembled ^H6950 all the congregation ^H5712 together ^H6950 on the first ^H259 day of the second ^H8145 month, ^H2320 and they declared their pedigrees ^H3205 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 by their polls. ^H1538 As the LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 Moses, ^H4872 so he numbered ^H6485 them in the wilderness ^H4057 of Sinai. ^H5514 And the children ^H1121 of Reuben, ^H7205 Israel's ^H3478 eldest son, ^H1060 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 by their polls, ^H1538 every male ^H2145 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Reuben, ^H7205 were forty ^H705 and six ^H8337 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Simeon, ^H8095 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 by their polls, ^H1538 every male ^H2145 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Simeon, ^H8095 were fifty ^H2572 and nine ^H8672 thousand ^H505 and three ^H7969 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Gad, ^H1410 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Gad, ^H1410 were forty ^H705 and five ^H2568 thousand ^H505 six ^H8337 hundred ^H3967 and fifty. ^H2572 Of the children ^H1121 of Judah, ^H3063 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Judah, ^H3063 were threescore and fourteen ^H7657 ^H702 thousand ^H505 and six ^H8337 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Issachar, ^H3485 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Issachar, ^H3485 were fifty ^H2572 and four ^H702 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Zebulun, ^H2074 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Zebulun, ^H2074 were fifty ^H2572 and seven ^H7651 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Joseph, ^H3130 namely, of the children ^H1121 of Ephraim, ^H669 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Ephraim, ^H669 were forty ^H705 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Manasseh, ^H4519 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Manasseh, ^H4519 were thirty ^H7970 and two ^H8147 thousand ^H505 and two hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Benjamin, ^H1144 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Benjamin, ^H1144 were thirty ^H7970 and five ^H2568 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Dan, ^H1835 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Dan, ^H1835 were threescore ^H8346 and two ^H8147 thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Asher, ^H836 by their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Asher, ^H836 were forty ^H705 and one ^H259 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Naphtali, ^H5321 throughout their generations, ^H8435 after their families, ^H4940 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 according to the number ^H4557 of the names, ^H8034 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war; ^H6635 Those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, even of the tribe ^H4294 of Naphtali, ^H5321 were fifty ^H2572 and three ^H7969 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 These are those that were numbered, ^H6485 which Moses ^H4872 and Aaron ^H175 numbered, ^H6485 and the princes ^H5387 of Israel, ^H3478 being twelve ^H6240 ^H8147 men: ^H376 each ^H376 one ^H259 was for the house ^H1004 of his fathers. ^H1 So were all those that were numbered ^H6485 of the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 by the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 all that were able to go forth ^H3318 to war ^H6635 in Israel; ^H3478 Even all they that were numbered ^H6485 were six ^H8337 hundred ^H3967 thousand ^H505 and three ^H7969 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred ^H3967 and fifty. ^H2572 But the Levites ^H3881 after the tribe ^H4294 of their fathers ^H1 were not numbered ^H6485 among ^H8432 them. For the LORD ^H3068 had spoken ^H1696 unto Moses, ^H4872 saying, ^H559 Only thou shalt not number ^H6485 the tribe ^H4294 of Levi, ^H3878 neither take ^H5375 the sum ^H7218 of them among ^H8432 the children ^H1121 of Israel: ^H3478 But thou shalt appoint ^H6485 the Levites ^H3881 over the tabernacle ^H4908 of testimony, ^H5715 and over all the vessels ^H3627 thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear ^H5375 the tabernacle, ^H4908 and all the vessels ^H3627 thereof; and they shall minister ^H8334 unto it, and shall encamp ^H2583 round about ^H5439 the tabernacle. ^H4908 And when the tabernacle ^H4908 setteth forward, ^H5265 the Levites ^H3881 shall take it down: ^H3381 and when the tabernacle ^H4908 is to be pitched, ^H2583 the Levites ^H3881 shall set it up: ^H6965 and the stranger ^H2114 that cometh nigh ^H7131 shall be put to death. ^H4191 And the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 shall pitch their tents, ^H2583 every man ^H376 by his own camp, ^H4264 and every man ^H376 by his own standard, ^H1714 throughout their hosts. ^H6635 But the Levites ^H3881 shall pitch ^H2583 round about ^H5439 the tabernacle ^H4908 of testimony, ^H5715 that there be no wrath ^H7110 upon the congregation ^H5712 of the children ^H1121 of Israel: ^H3478 and the Levites ^H3881 shall keep ^H8104 the charge ^H4931 of the tabernacle ^H4908 of testimony. ^H5715 And the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 did ^H6213 according to all that the LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 Moses, ^H4872 so did ^H6213 they.

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And it came to pass after ^H310 the plague, ^H4046 that the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H559 unto Moses ^H4872 and unto Eleazar ^H499 the son ^H1121 of Aaron ^H175 the priest, ^H3548 saying, ^H559 Take ^H5375 the sum ^H7218 of all the congregation ^H5712 of the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward, ^H4605 throughout their fathers' ^H1 house, ^H1004 all that are able to go ^H3318 to war ^H6635 in Israel. ^H3478 And Moses ^H4872 and Eleazar ^H499 the priest ^H3548 spake ^H1696 with them in the plains ^H6160 of Moab ^H4124 by Jordan ^H3383 near Jericho, ^H3405 saying, ^H559 Take the sum of the people, from twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 and upward; ^H4605 as the LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 Moses ^H4872 and the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 which went forth ^H3318 out of the land ^H776 of Egypt. ^H4714 Reuben, ^H7205 the eldest ^H1060 son of Israel: ^H3478 the children ^H1121 of Reuben; ^H7205 Hanoch, ^H2585 of whom cometh the family ^H4940 of the Hanochites: ^H2599 of Pallu, ^H6396 the family ^H4940 of the Palluites: ^H6384 Of Hezron, ^H2696 the family ^H4940 of the Hezronites: ^H2697 of Carmi, ^H3756 the family ^H4940 of the Carmites. ^H3757 These are the families ^H4940 of the Reubenites: ^H7206 and they that were numbered ^H6485 of them were forty ^H705 and three ^H7969 thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred ^H3967 and thirty. ^H7970 And the sons ^H1121 of Pallu; ^H6396 Eliab. ^H446 And the sons ^H1121 of Eliab; ^H446 Nemuel, ^H5241 and Dathan, ^H1885 and Abiram. ^H48 This is that Dathan ^H1885 and Abiram, ^H48 which were famous ^H7148 ^H7121 in the congregation, ^H5712 who strove ^H5327 against Moses ^H4872 and against Aaron ^H175 in the company ^H5712 of Korah, ^H7141 when they strove ^H5327 against the LORD: ^H3068 And the earth ^H776 opened ^H6605 her mouth, ^H6310 and swallowed them up ^H1104 together with Korah, ^H7141 when that company ^H5712 died, ^H4194 what time the fire ^H784 devoured ^H398 two hundred ^H3967 and fifty ^H2572 men: ^H376 and they became a sign. ^H5251 Notwithstanding the children ^H1121 of Korah ^H7141 died ^H4191 not. The sons ^H1121 of Simeon ^H8095 after their families: ^H4940 of Nemuel, ^H5241 the family ^H4940 of the Nemuelites: ^H5242 of Jamin, ^H3226 the family ^H4940 of the Jaminites: ^H3228 of Jachin, ^H3199 the family ^H4940 of the Jachinites: ^H3200 Of Zerah, ^H2226 the family ^H4940 of the Zarhites: ^H2227 of Shaul, ^H7586 the family ^H4940 of the Shaulites. ^H7587 These are the families ^H4940 of the Simeonites, ^H8099 twenty ^H6242 and two ^H8147 thousand ^H505 and two hundred. ^H3967 The children ^H1121 of Gad ^H1410 after their families: ^H4940 of Zephon, ^H6827 the family ^H4940 of the Zephonites: ^H6831 of Haggi, ^H2291 the family ^H4940 of the Haggites: ^H2291 of Shuni, ^H7764 the family ^H4940 of the Shunites: ^H7765 Of Ozni, ^H244 the family ^H4940 of the Oznites: ^H244 of Eri, ^H6179 the family ^H4940 of the Erites: ^H6180 Of Arod, ^H720 the family ^H4940 of the Arodites: ^H722 of Areli, ^H692 the family ^H4940 of the Arelites. ^H692 These are the families ^H4940 of the children ^H1121 of Gad ^H1410 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, forty ^H705 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 The sons ^H1121 of Judah ^H3063 were Er ^H6147 and Onan: ^H209 and Er ^H6147 and Onan ^H209 died ^H4191 in the land ^H776 of Canaan. ^H3667 And the sons ^H1121 of Judah ^H3063 after their families ^H4940 were; of Shelah, ^H7956 the family ^H4940 of the Shelanites: ^H8024 of Pharez, ^H6557 the family ^H4940 of the Pharzites: ^H6558 of Zerah, ^H2226 the family ^H4940 of the Zarhites. ^H2227 And the sons ^H1121 of Pharez ^H6557 were; of Hezron, ^H2696 the family ^H4940 of the Hezronites: ^H2697 of Hamul, ^H2538 the family ^H4940 of the Hamulites. ^H2539 These are the families ^H4940 of Judah ^H3063 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, threescore and sixteen ^H7657 ^H8337 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 Of the sons ^H1121 of Issachar ^H3485 after their families: ^H4940 of Tola, ^H8439 the family ^H4940 of the Tolaites: ^H8440 of Pua, ^H6312 the family ^H4940 of the Punites: ^H6324 Of Jashub, ^H3437 the family ^H4940 of the Jashubites: ^H3432 of Shimron, ^H8110 the family ^H4940 of the Shimronites. ^H8117 These are the families ^H4940 of Issachar ^H3485 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, threescore ^H8346 and four ^H702 thousand ^H505 and three ^H7969 hundred. ^H3967 Of the sons ^H1121 of Zebulun ^H2074 after their families: ^H4940 of Sered, ^H5624 the family ^H4940 of the Sardites: ^H5625 of Elon, ^H356 the family ^H4940 of the Elonites: ^H440 of Jahleel, ^H3177 the family ^H4940 of the Jahleelites. ^H3178 These are the families ^H4940 of the Zebulunites ^H2075 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, threescore ^H8346 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 The sons ^H1121 of Joseph ^H3130 after their families ^H4940 were Manasseh ^H4519 and Ephraim. ^H669 Of the sons ^H1121 of Manasseh: ^H4519 of Machir, ^H4353 the family ^H4940 of the Machirites: ^H4354 and Machir ^H4353 begat ^H3205 Gilead: ^H1568 of Gilead ^H1568 come the family ^H4940 of the Gileadites. ^H1569 These are the sons ^H1121 of Gilead: ^H1568 of Jeezer, ^H372 the family ^H4940 of the Jeezerites: ^H373 of Helek, ^H2507 the family ^H4940 of the Helekites: ^H2516 And of Asriel, ^H844 the family ^H4940 of the Asrielites: ^H845 and of Shechem, ^H7928 the family ^H4940 of the Shechemites: ^H7930 And of Shemida, ^H8061 the family ^H4940 of the Shemidaites: ^H8062 and of Hepher, ^H2660 the family ^H4940 of the Hepherites. ^H2662 And Zelophehad ^H6765 the son ^H1121 of Hepher ^H2660 had no sons, ^H1121 but daughters: ^H1323 and the names ^H8034 of the daughters ^H1323 of Zelophehad ^H6765 were Mahlah, ^H4244 and Noah, ^H5270 Hoglah, ^H2295 Milcah, ^H4435 and Tirzah. ^H8656 These are the families ^H4940 of Manasseh, ^H4519 and those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, fifty ^H2572 and two ^H8147 thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred. ^H3967 These are the sons ^H1121 of Ephraim ^H669 after their families: ^H4940 of Shuthelah, ^H7803 the family ^H4940 of the Shuthalhites: ^H8364 of Becher, ^H1071 the family ^H4940 of the Bachrites: ^H1076 of Tahan, ^H8465 the family ^H4940 of the Tahanites. ^H8470 And these are the sons ^H1121 of Shuthelah: ^H7803 of Eran, ^H6197 the family ^H4940 of the Eranites. ^H6198 These are the families ^H4940 of the sons ^H1121 of Ephraim ^H669 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, thirty ^H7970 and two ^H8147 thousand ^H505 and five ^H2568 hundred. ^H3967 These are the sons ^H1121 of Joseph ^H3130 after their families. ^H4940 The sons ^H1121 of Benjamin ^H1144 after their families: ^H4940 of Bela, ^H1106 the family ^H4940 of the Belaites: ^H1108 of Ashbel, ^H788 the family ^H4940 of the Ashbelites: ^H789 of Ahiram, ^H297 the family ^H4940 of the Ahiramites: ^H298 Of Shupham, ^H8197 the family ^H4940 of the Shuphamites: ^H7781 of Hupham, ^H2349 the family ^H4940 of the Huphamites. ^H2350 And the sons ^H1121 of Bela ^H1106 were Ard ^H714 and Naaman: ^H5283 of Ard, the family ^H4940 of the Ardites: ^H716 and of Naaman, ^H5283 the family ^H4940 of the Naamites. ^H5280 These are the sons ^H1121 of Benjamin ^H1144 after their families: ^H4940 and they that were numbered ^H6485 of them were forty ^H705 and five ^H2568 thousand ^H505 and six ^H8337 hundred. ^H3967 These are the sons ^H1121 of Dan ^H1835 after their families: ^H4940 of Shuham, ^H7748 the family ^H4940 of the Shuhamites. ^H7749 These are the families ^H4940 of Dan ^H1835 after their families. ^H4940 All the families ^H4940 of the Shuhamites, ^H7749 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them, were threescore ^H8346 and four ^H702 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 Of the children ^H1121 of Asher ^H836 after their families: ^H4940 of Jimna, ^H3232 the family ^H4940 of the Jimnites: ^H3232 of Jesui, ^H3440 the family ^H4940 of the Jesuites: ^H3441 of Beriah, ^H1283 the family ^H4940 of the Beriites. ^H1284 Of the sons ^H1121 of Beriah: ^H1283 of Heber, ^H2268 the family ^H4940 of the Heberites: ^H2277 of Malchiel, ^H4439 the family ^H4940 of the Malchielites. ^H4440 And the name ^H8034 of the daughter ^H1323 of Asher ^H836 was Sarah. ^H8294 These are the families ^H4940 of the sons ^H1121 of Asher ^H836 according to those that were numbered ^H6485 of them; who were fifty ^H2572 and three ^H7969 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 Of the sons ^H1121 of Naphtali ^H5321 after their families: ^H4940 of Jahzeel, ^H3183 the family ^H4940 of the Jahzeelites: ^H3184 of Guni, ^H1476 the family ^H4940 of the Gunites: ^H1477 Of Jezer, ^H3337 the family ^H4940 of the Jezerites: ^H3340 of Shillem, ^H8006 the family ^H4940 of the Shillemites. ^H8016 These are the families ^H4940 of Naphtali ^H5321 according to their families: ^H4940 and they that were numbered ^H6485 of them were forty ^H705 and five ^H2568 thousand ^H505 and four ^H702 hundred. ^H3967 These were the numbered ^H6485 of the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 six ^H8337 hundred ^H3967 thousand ^H505 and a thousand ^H505 seven ^H7651 hundred ^H3967 and thirty. ^H7970 And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto Moses, ^H4872 saying, ^H559 Unto these the land ^H776 shall be divided ^H2505 for an inheritance ^H5159 according to the number ^H4557 of names. ^H8034 To many ^H7227 thou shalt give the more ^H7235 inheritance, ^H5159 and to few ^H4592 thou shalt give the less ^H4591 inheritance: ^H5159 to every one ^H376 shall his inheritance ^H5159 be given ^H5414 according ^H6310 to those that were numbered ^H6485 of him. Notwithstanding the land ^H776 shall be divided ^H2505 by lot: ^H1486 according to the names ^H8034 of the tribes ^H4294 of their fathers ^H1 they shall inherit. ^H5157 According ^H6310 to the lot ^H1486 shall the possession ^H5159 thereof be divided ^H2505 between many ^H7227 and few. ^H4592 And these are they that were numbered ^H6485 of the Levites ^H3881 after their families: ^H4940 of Gershon, ^H1648 the family ^H4940 of the Gershonites: ^H1649 of Kohath, ^H6955 the family ^H4940 of the Kohathites: ^H6956 of Merari, ^H4847 the family ^H4940 of the Merarites. ^H4848 These are the families ^H4940 of the Levites: ^H3881 the family ^H4940 of the Libnites, ^H3846 the family ^H4940 of the Hebronites, ^H2276 the family ^H4940 of the Mahlites, ^H4250 the family ^H4940 of the Mushites, ^H4188 the family ^H4940 of the Korathites. ^H7145 And Kohath ^H6955 begat ^H3205 Amram. ^H6019 And the name ^H8034 of Amram's ^H6019 wife ^H802 was Jochebed, ^H3115 the daughter ^H1323 of Levi, ^H3878 whom her mother bare ^H3205 to Levi ^H3878 in Egypt: ^H4714 and she bare ^H3205 unto Amram ^H6019 Aaron ^H175 and Moses, ^H4872 and Miriam ^H4813 their sister. ^H269 And unto Aaron ^H175 was born ^H3205 Nadab, ^H5070 and Abihu, ^H30 Eleazar, ^H499 and Ithamar. ^H385 And Nadab ^H5070 and Abihu ^H30 died, ^H4191 when they offered ^H7126 strange ^H2114 fire ^H784 before ^H6440 the LORD. ^H3068 And those that were numbered ^H6485 of them were twenty ^H6242 and three ^H7969 thousand, ^H505 all males ^H2145 from a month ^H2320 old ^H1121 and upward: ^H4605 for they were not numbered ^H6485 among ^H8432 the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 because there was no inheritance ^H5159 given ^H5414 them among ^H8432 the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478 These are they that were numbered ^H6485 by Moses ^H4872 and Eleazar ^H499 the priest, ^H3548 who numbered ^H6485 the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 in the plains ^H6160 of Moab ^H4124 by Jordan ^H3383 near Jericho. ^H3405 But among these there was not a man ^H376 of them whom Moses ^H4872 and Aaron ^H175 the priest ^H3548 numbered, ^H6485 when they numbered ^H6485 the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Sinai. ^H5514 For the LORD ^H3068 had said ^H559 of them, They shall surely ^H4191 die ^H4191 in the wilderness. ^H4057 And there was not left ^H3498 a man ^H376 of them, save Caleb ^H3612 the son ^H1121 of Jephunneh, ^H3312 and Joshua ^H3091 the son ^H1121 of Nun. ^H5126

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And ^G2532 he received ^G2983 the sign ^G4592 of circumcision, ^G4061 a seal ^G4973 of the righteousness ^G1343 of the faith ^G4102 which ^G3588 he had yet being ^G1722 uncircumcised: ^G203 that ^G1519 he ^G846 might be ^G1511 the father ^G3962 of all ^G3956 them that believe, ^G4100 though ^G1223 they be not circumcised; ^G203 that ^G1519 righteousness ^G1343 might be imputed ^G3049 unto them ^G846 also: ^G2532 And ^G2532 the father ^G3962 of circumcision ^G4061 to them who are not ^G3756 of ^G1537 the circumcision ^G4061 only, ^G3440 but ^G235 who also ^G2532 walk ^G4748 in the steps ^G2487 of that faith ^G4102 of our ^G2257 father ^G3962 Abraham, ^G11 which he had being ^G1722 yet uncircumcised. ^G203 For ^G1063 the promise, ^G1860 that he should be ^G1511 the ^G846 heir ^G2818 of the world, ^G2889 was not ^G3756 to Abraham, ^G11 or ^G2228 to his ^G846 seed, ^G4690 through ^G1223 the law, ^G3551 but ^G235 through ^G1223 the righteousness ^G1343 of faith. ^G4102 For ^G1063 if ^G1487 they which are of ^G1537 the law ^G3551 be heirs, ^G2818 faith ^G4102 is made void, ^G2758 and ^G2532 the promise ^G1860 made of none effect: ^G2673 Because ^G1063 the law ^G3551 worketh ^G2716 wrath: ^G3709 for ^G1063 where ^G3757 no ^G3756 law ^G3551 is, ^G2076 there is no ^G3761 transgression. ^G3847 Therefore ^G1223 ^G5124 it is of ^G1537 faith, ^G4102 that ^G2443 it might be by ^G2596 grace; ^G5485 to the end ^G1519 the promise ^G1860 might be ^G1511 sure ^G949 to all ^G3956 the seed; ^G4690 not ^G3756 to that only ^G3440 which is of ^G1537 the law, ^G3551 but ^G235 to that also ^G2532 which is of ^G1537 the faith ^G4102 of Abraham; ^G11 who ^G3739 is ^G2076 the father ^G3962 of us ^G2257 all, ^G3956 (As ^G2531 it is written, ^G1125 ^G3754 I have made ^G5087 thee ^G4571 a father ^G3962 of many ^G4183 nations,) ^G1484 before ^G2713 him whom ^G3739 he believed, ^G4100 even God, ^G2316 who quickeneth ^G2227 the dead, ^G3498 and ^G2532 calleth ^G2564 those things which be ^G5607 not ^G3361 as though ^G5613 they were. ^G5607 Who ^G3739 against ^G3844 hope ^G1680 believed ^G4100 in ^G1909 hope, ^G1680 that ^G1519 he ^G846 might become ^G1096 the father ^G3962 of many ^G4183 nations, ^G1484 according ^G2596 to that which was spoken, ^G2046 So ^G3779 shall ^G2071 thy ^G4675 seed ^G4690 be. ^G2071

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There is ^G1762 neither ^G3756 Jew ^G2453 nor ^G3761 Greek, ^G1672 there is ^G1762 neither ^G3756 bond ^G1401 nor ^G3761 free, ^G1658 there is ^G1762 neither ^G3756 male ^G730 nor ^G2532 female: ^G2338 for ^G1063 ye ^G5210 are ^G2075 all ^G3956 one ^G1520 in ^G1722 Christ ^G5547 Jesus. ^G2424 And ^G1161 if ^G1487 ye ^G5210 be Christ's, ^G5547 then ^G686 are ye ^G2075 Abraham's ^G11 seed, ^G4690 and ^G2532 heirs ^G2818 according ^G2596 to the promise. ^G1860

Commentary on Genesis 17 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 17

This chapter contains articles of agreement covenanted and concluded upon between the great Jehovah, the Father of mercies, on the one part, and pious Abram, the father of the faithful, on the other part. Abram is therefore called "the friend of God,' not only because he was the man of his counsel, but because he was the man of his covenant; both these secrets were with him. Mention was made of this covenant (ch. 15:18), but here it is particularly drawn up, and put into the form of a covenant, that Abram might have strong consolation. Here are,

I. The circumstances of the making of this covenant, the time and manner (v. 1), and the posture Abram was in (v. 3).
II. The covenant itself. In the general scope of it (v. 1). And, afterwards, in the particular instances.
- 1. That he should be the father of many nations (v. 4, 6), and, in token of this, his name was changed (v. 5).
- 2. That God would be a God to him and his seed, and would give them the land of Canaan (v. 7, 8). And the seal of this part of the covenant was circumcision (v. 9-14).
- 3. That he should have a son by Sarai, and, in token thereof, her name was changed (v. 15, 16). This promise Abram received (v. 17). And his request for Ishmael (v. 18) was answered, abundantly to his satisfaction (v. 19-22).
III. The circumcision of Abram and his family, according to God's appointment (v. 23, etc.).

Gen 17:1-3

Here is,

I. The time when God made Abram this gracious visit: When he was ninety-nine years old, full thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael.
- 1. So long, it should seem, God's extraordinary appearances to Abram were intermitted; and all the communion he had with God was only in the usual was of ordinances and providences. Note, There are some special comforts which are not the daily bread, no, not of the best saints, but they are favoured with them now and then. On this side heaven they have convenient food, but not a continual feast.
- 2. So long the promise of Isaac was deferred.
  - (1.) Perhaps to correct Abram's over-hasty marrying of Hagar. Note, The comforts we sinfully anticipate are justly delayed.
  - (2.) That Abram and Sarai being so far stricken in age God's power, in this matter, might be the more magnified, and their faith the more tried. See Deu. 32:36; Jn. 11:6, 15.
  - (3.) That a child so long waited for might be an Isaac, a son indeed, Isa. 54:1.
II. The way in which God made this covenant with him: The Lord appeared to Abram, in the shechinah, some visible display of God's immediate glorious presence with him. Note, God first makes himself known to us, and gives us a sight of him by faith, and then takes us into his covenant.
III. The posture Abram put himself into upon this occasion: He fell on his face while God talked with him, v. 3.
- 1. As one overcome by the brightness of the divine glory, and unable to bear the sight of it, though he had seen it several times before. Daniel and John did likewise, though they were also acquainted with the visions of the Almighty, Dan. 8:17; 10:9, 15; Rev. 1:17. Or,
- 2. As one ashamed of himself, and blushing to think of the honours done to one so unworthy. He looks upon himself with humility, and upon God with reverence, and, in token of both, falls on his face, putting himself into a posture of adoration. Note,
  - (1.) God graciously condescends to talk with those whom he takes into covenant and communion with himself. He talks with them by his word, Prov. 6:22. He talks with them by his Spirit, Jn. 14:26. This honour have all his saints.
  - (2.) Those that are admitted into fellowship with God are, and must be, very humble and very reverent in their approaches to him. If we say we have fellowship with him, and the familiarity breeds contempt, we deceive ourselves.
  - (3.) Those that would receive comfort from God must set themselves to give glory to God and to worship at his footstool.
IV. The general scope and summary of the covenant laid down as the foundation on which all the rest was built; it is no other than the covenant of grace still made with all believers in Jesus Christ, v. 1. Observe here,
- 1. What we may expect to find God to us: I am the Almighty God. By this name he chose to make himself known to Abram rather than by his name Jehovah, Ex. 6:3. He used it to Jacob, ch. 28:3; 43:14; 48:3. It is the name of God that is mostly used throughout the book of Job, at least in the discourses of that book. After Moses, Jehovah is more frequently used, and this, El-shaddai, very rarely; it bespeaks the almighty power of God, either,
  - (1.) As an avenger, from sdh he laid waste, so some; and they think God took this title from the destruction of the old world. This is countenanced by Isa. 13:6, and Joel 1:15. Or,
  - (2.) As a benefactor s for asr who, and dy sufficient. He is a God that is enough; or, as our old English translation reads it here very significantly, I am God all-sufficient. Note, The God with whom we have to do is a God that is enough.
    - [1.] He is enough in himself; he is self-sufficient; he has every thing, and he needs not any thing.
    - [2.] He is enough to us, if we be in covenant with him: we have all in him, and we have enough in him, enough to satisfy our most enlarged desires, enough to supply the defect of every thing else, and to secure to us a happiness for our immortal souls. See Ps. 16:5, 6; 73:25.
- 2. What God requires that we should be to him. The covenant is mutual: Walk before me, and be thou perfect, that is, upright and sincere; for herein the covenant of grace is well-ordered that sincerity is our gospel perfection. Observe,
  - (1.) That to be religious is to walk before God in our integrity; it is to set God always before us, and to think, and speak, and act, in every thing, as those that are always under his eye. It is to have a constant regard to his word as our rule and to his glory as our end in all our actions, and to be continually in his fear. It is to be inward with him, in all the duties of religious worship, for in them particularly we walk before God (1 Sa. 2:30), and to be entire for him, in all holy conversation. I know no religion but sincerity.
  - (2.) That upright walking with God is the condition of our interest in his all-sufficiency. If we neglect him, or dissemble with him, we forfeit the benefit and comfort of our relation to him.
  - (3.) A continual regard to God's all-sufficiency will have a great influence upon our upright walking with him.

Gen 17:4-6

The promise here is introduced with solemnity: "As for me,' says the great God, "behold, behold and admire it, behold and be assured of it, my covenant is with thee;' as before (v. 2), I will make my covenant. Note, The covenant of grace is a covenant of God's own making; this he glories in (as for me), and so may we. Now here,

I. It is promised to Abraham that he should be a father of many nations; that is,
- 1. That his seed after the flesh should be very numerous, both in Isaac and Ishmael, as well as in the sons of Keturah: something extraordinary is doubtless included in this promise, and we may suppose that the event answered to it, and that there have been, and are, more of the children of men descended from Abraham than from any one man at an equal distance with him from Noah, the common root.
- 2. That all believers in every age should be looked upon as his spiritual seed, and that he should be called, not only the friend of God, but the father of the faithful. In this sense the apostle directs us to understand this promise, Rom. 4:16, 17. He is the father of those in every nation that by faith enter into covenant with God, and (as the Jewish writers express it) are gathered under the wings of the divine Majesty.
II. In token of this his name was changed from Abram, a high father, to Abraham, the father of a multitude. This was,
- 1. To put an honour upon him. It is spoken of as the glory of the church that she shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name, Isa. 62:2. Princes dignify their favourites by conferring new titles upon them; thus was Abraham dignified by him that is indeed the fountain of honour. All believers have a new name, Rev. 2:17. Some think it added to the honour of Abraham's new name that a letter of the name Jehovah was inserted into it, as it was a disgrace to Jeconiah to have the first syllable of his name cut off, because it was the same as the first syllable of the sacred name, Jer. 22:28. Believers are named from Christ, Eph. 3:15.
- 2. To encourage and confirm the faith of Abraham. While he was childless perhaps even his own name was sometimes an occasion of grief to him: why should he be called a high father who was not a father at all? But now that God had promised him a numerous issue, and had given him a name which signified so much, that name was his joy. Note, God calls things that are not as though they were. It is the apostle's observation upon this very thing, Rom. 4:17. He called Abraham the father of a multitude because he should prove to be so in due time, though as yet he had but one child.

Gen 17:7-14

Here is,

I. The continuance of the covenant, intimated in three things:-
- 1. It is established; not to be altered nor revoked. It is fixed, it is ratified, it is made as firm as the divine power and truth can make it.
- 2. It is entailed; it is a covenant, not with Abraham only (then it would die with him), but with his seed after him, not only his seed after the flesh, but his spiritual seed.
- 3. It is everlasting in the evangelical sense and meaning of it. The covenant of grace is everlasting. It is from everlasting in the counsels of it, and to everlasting in the consequences of it; and the external administration of it is transmitted with the seal of it to the seed of believers, and the internal administration of it by the Spirit of Christ's seed in every age.
II. The contents of the covenant: it is a covenant of promises, exceedingly great and precious promises. Here are two which indeed are all-sufficient:-
- 1. That God would be their God, v. 7, 8. All the privileges of the covenant, all its joys and all its hopes, are summed up in this. A man needs desire no more than this to make him happy. What God is himself, that he will be to his people: his wisdom theirs, to guide and counsel them; his power theirs, to protect and support them; his goodness theirs, to supply and comfort them. What faithful worshippers can expect from the God they serve believers shall find in God as theirs. This is enough, yet not all.
- 2. That Canaan should be their everlasting possession, v. 8. God had before promised this land to Abraham and his seed, ch. 15:18. But here, where it is promised for an everlasting possession, surely it must be looked upon as a type of heaven's happiness, that everlasting rest which remains for the people of God, Heb. 4:9. This is that better country to which Abraham had an eye, and the grant of which was that which answered to the vast extent and compass of that promise, that God would be to them a God; so that, if God had not prepared and designed this, he would have been ashamed to be called their God, Heb. 11:16. As the land of Canaan was secured to the seed of Abraham according to the flesh, so heaven is secured to all his spiritual seed, by a covenant, and for a possession, truly everlasting. The offer of this eternal life is made in the word, and confirmed by the sacraments, to all that are under the external administration of the covenant; and the earnest of it is given to all believers, Eph. 1:14. Canaan is here said to be the land wherein Abraham was a stranger; and the heavenly Canaan is a land to which we are strangers, for it does not yet appear what we shall be.
III. The token of the covenant, and that is circumcision, for the sake of which the covenant is itself called the covenant of circumcision, Acts 7:8. It is here said to be the covenant which Abraham and his seed must keep, as a copy or counterpart, v. 9, 10. It is called a sign and seal (Rom. 4:11), for it was,
- 1. A confirmation to Abraham and his seed of those promises which were God's part of the covenant, assuring them that they should be fulfilled, that in due time Canaan would be theirs: and the continuance of this ordinance, after Canaan was theirs, intimates that these promises looked further to another Canaan, which they must still be in expectation of. See Heb. 4:8.
- 2. An obligation upon Abraham and his seed to that duty which was their port of the covenant; not only to the duty of accepting the covenant and consenting to it, and putting away the corruption of the flesh (which were more immediately and primarily signified by circumcision), but, in general, to the observance of all God's commands, as they should at any time hereafter be intimated and made known to them; for circumcision made men debtors to do the whole law, Gal. 5:3. Those who will have God to be to them a God must consent and resolve to be to him a people. Now,
  - (1.) Circumcision was a bloody ordinance; for all things by the law were purged with blood, Heb. 9:22. See Ex. 24:8. But, the blood of Christ being shed, all bloody ordinances are now abolished; circumcision therefore gives way to baptism.
  - (2.) It was peculiar to the males, though the women were also included in the covenant, for the man is the head of the woman. In our kingdom, the oath of allegiance is required only from men. Some think that the blood of the males only was shed in circumcision because respect was had in it to Jesus Christ and his blood.
  - (3.) It was the flesh of the foreskin that was to be cut off, because it is by ordinary generation that sin is propagated, and with an eye to the promised seed, who was to come from the loins of Abraham. Christ having not yet offered himself to us, God would have man to enter into covenant by the offering of some part of his own body, and no part could be better spared. It is a secret part of the body; for the true circumcision is that of the heat: this honour God put upon an uncomely part, 1 Co. 12:23, 24.
  - (4.) The ordinance was to be administered to children when they were eight days old, and not sooner, that they might gather some strength, to be able to undergo the pain of it, and that at least one sabbath might pass over them.
  - (5.) The children of the strangers, of whom the master of the family was the true domestic owner, were to be circumcised (v. 12, 13), which looked favourable upon the Gentiles, who should in due time be brought into the family of Abraham, by faith. See Gal. 3:14.
  - (6.) The religious observance of this institution was required under a very severe penalty, v. 14. The contempt of circumcision was a contempt of the covenant; if the parents did not circumcise their children, it was at their peril, as in the case of Moses, Ex. 4:24, 25. With respect to those that were not circumcised in their infancy, if, when they grew up, they did not themselves come under this ordinance, God would surely reckon with them. If they cut not off the flesh of their foreskin, God would cut them off from their people. It is a dangerous thing to make light of divine institutions, and to live in the neglect of them.

Gen 17:15-22

Here is,

I. The promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, that son in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled, that he should be the father of many nations; for she also shall be a mother of nations, and kings of people shall be of her, v. 16. Note,
- 1. God reveals the purposes of his good-will to his people by degrees. God had told Abraham long before that he should have a son, but never till now that he should have a son by Sarai.
- 2. The blessing of the Lord makes fruitful, and adds no sorrow with it, no such sorrow as was in Hagar's case. "I will bless her with the blessing of fruitfulness, and then thou shalt have a son of her.'
- 3. Civil government and order are a great blessing to the church. It is promised, not only that people, but kings of people, should be of her; not a headless rout, but a well-modelled well-governed society.
II. The ratification of this promise was the change of Sarai's name into Sarah (v. 15), the same letter being added to her name that was to Abraham's, and for the same reasons. Sarai signifies my princess, as if her honour were confined to one family only. Sarah signifies a princess-namely, of multitudes, or signifying that from her should come the Messiah the prince, even the prince of the kings of the earth.
III. Abraham's joyful, thankful, entertainment of this gracious promise, v. 17. Upon this occasion he expressed,
- 1. Great humility: He fell on his face. Note, The more honours and favours God confers upon us the lower we should be in our own eyes, and the more reverent and submissive before God.
- 2. Great joy: He laughed. It was a laughter of delight, not of distrust. Note, Even the promises of a holy God, as well as his performances, are the joys of holy souls; there is the joy of faith as well as the joy of fruition. Now it was that Abraham rejoiced to see Christ's day. Now he saw it and was glad (Jn. 8:56); for, as he saw heaven in the promise of Canaan, so he saw Christ in the promise of Isaac.
- 3. Great admiration: Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? He does not here speak of it as at all doubtful (for we are sure that he staggered not at the promise, Rom. 4:20), but as very wonderful and that which could not be effected but by the almighty power of God, and as very kind, and a favour which was the more affecting and obliging for this, that it was extremely surprising, Ps. 126:1, 2.
IV. Abraham's prayer for Ishmael: O that Ishmael might live before thee! v. 18. This he speaks, not as desiring that Ishmael might be preferred before the son he should have by Sarah; but, dreading lest he should be abandoned and forsaken of God, he puts up this petition on his behalf. Now that God is talking with him he thinks he has a very fair opportunity to speak a good word for Ishmael, and he will not let it slip. Note,
- 1. Though we ought not to prescribe to God, yet he gives us leave, in prayer, to be humbly free with him, and particular in making known our requests, Phil. 4:6. Whatever is the matter of our care and fear should be spread before God in prayer.
- 2. It is the duty of parents to pray for their children, for all their children, as Job, who offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all, Job 1:5. Abraham would not have it thought that, when God promised him a son by Sarah, which he so much desired, then his son by Hagar was forgotten; no, still he bears him upon his heart, and shows a concern for him. The prospect of further favours must not make us unmindful of former favours.
- 3. The great thing we should desire of God for our children is that they may live before him, that is, that they may be kept in covenant with him, and may have grace to walk before him in their uprightness. Spiritual blessings are the best blessings, and those for which we should be most earnest with God, both for ourselves and others. Those live well that live before God.
V. God's answer to his prayer; and it is an answer of peace. Abraham could not say that he sought God's face in vain.
- 1. Common blessings are secured to Ishmael (v. 20): As for Ishmael, whom thou art in so much care about, I have heard thee; he shall find favour for thy sake; I have blessed him, that is, I have many blessings in store for him.
  - (1.) His posterity shall be numerous: I will multiply him exceedingly, more than his neighbours. This is the fruit of the blessing, as that, ch. 1:28.
  - (2.) They shall be considerable: Twelve princes shall he beget. We may charitably hope that spiritual blessings also were bestowed upon him, though the visible church was not brought out of his loins and the covenant was not lodged in his family. Note, Great plenty of outward good things is often given to those children of godly parents who are born after the flesh, for their parents' sake.
- 2. Covenant blessings are reserved for Isaac, and appropriated to him, v. 19, 21. If Abraham, in his prayer for Ishmael, meant that he would have the covenant made with him, and the promised seed to come from him, then God did not answer him in the letter, but in that which was equivalent, nay, which was every way better.
  - (1.) God repeats to him the promise of a son by Sarah: She shall bear thee a son indeed. Note, Even true believers need to have God's promises doubled and repeated to them, that they may have strong consolation, Heb. 6:18. Again, Children of the promise are children indeed.
  - (2.) He names that child-calls him Isaac, laughter, because Abraham rejoiced in spirit when this son was promised him. Note, If God's promises be our joy, his mercies promised shall in due time be our exceeding joy. Christ will be laughter to those that look for him; those that now rejoice in hope shall shortly rejoice in having that which they hope for: this is laughter that is not mad.
  - (3.) He entails the covenant upon that child: I will establish my covenant with him. Note, God takes whom he pleases into covenant with himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. See Rom. 9:8, 18. Thus was the covenant settled between God and Abraham, with its several limitations and remainders, and then the conference ended: God left off talking with him, and the vision disappeared, God went up from Abraham. Note, Our communion with God here is broken and interrupted; in heaven it will be a continual and everlasting feast.

Gen 17:23-27

We have here Abraham's obedience to the law of circumcision. He himself and all his family were circumcised, so receiving the token of the covenant and distinguishing themselves from other families, that had no part nor lot in the matter.

1. It was an implicit obedience: He did as God had said to him, and did not ask why or wherefore. God's will was not only a law to him, but a reason; he did it because God told him.
2. It was a speedy obedience: In the self-same day, v. 23, 26. Sincere obedience is not dilatory, Ps. 119:60. While the command is yet sounding in our ears, and the sense of duty is fresh, it is good to apply ourselves to it immediately, lest we deceive ourselves by putting it off to a more convenient season.
3. It was a universal obedience: He did not circumcise his family and excuse himself, but set them an example; nor did he take the comfort of the seal of the covenant to himself only, but desired that all his might share with him in it. This is a good example to masters of families; they and their houses must serve the Lord. Though God's covenant was not established with Ishmael, yet he was circumcised; for children of believing parents, as such, have a right to the privileges of the visible church, and the seals of the covenant, whatever they may prove afterwards. Ishmael is blessed, and therefore circumcised.
4. Abraham did this though much might be objected against it. Though circumcision was painful,-though to grown men it was shameful,-though, while they were sore and unfit for action, their enemies might take advantage against them, as Simeon and Levi did against the Shechemites,-though Abraham was ninety-nine years old, and had been justified and accepted of God long since,-though so strange a thing done religiously might be turned to his reproach by the Canaanite and the Perizzite that dwelt then in the land,-yet God's command was sufficient to answer these and a thousand such objection: what God requires we must do, not conferring with flesh and blood.

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