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Now
when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD
appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God
Almighty;
walk before me, and be blameless. 2 "And
I will establish My covenant between Me and you,
and I will multiply you exceedingly." 3
And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him,
saying, 4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant
is with you, and you shall be the father of a
multitude of nations. 5 "No longer shall
your name be called Abram, but your name shall be
Abraham; for I will make you the father of a
multitude of nations. 6 "And I will make
you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of
you, and kings shall come forth from you. 7
"And I will establish My covenant between Me and you
and your descendants after you throughout their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God
to you and to your descendants after you. 8
"And I will give to you and to your descendants
after you, the land of your sojournings, all the
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I
will be their God." 9 God said further to
Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My
covenant, you and your descendants after you
throughout their generations. 10 "This is
My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and
you and your descendants after you: every male among
you shall be circumcised. 11 "And you
shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin;
and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me
and you. Genesis 17:1-11 (NAS)
In this passage, God changes Abram's name to
Abraham (Genesis 17:5). God tells Abraham that he and his seed
(descendants) after him would need to be circumcised
(Genesis 17:10-11).
The Signs of the Covenants
The rainbow was the sign of God's covenant with
Noah and all mankind and living creatures (Genesis
9:12-13). Circumcision (the removal of the foreskin
of the flesh) was the sign of God's covenant with
Abraham and Abraham's descendants.
"This
is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and
you and your descendants after you: every male among
you shall be circumcised. 11 "And you
shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin;
and it shall be the
sign of the
covenant between Me and you. Genesis
17:1-11 (NAS)
The Child Promised to Abraham and Sarah (the
birth of Isaac)
Then
God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you
shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be
her name. 16 "And I will bless her, and
indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations;
kings of peoples shall come from her." 17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said
in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one
hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety
years old, bear a child?
God to Establish an Everlasting Covenant With
Isaac
And
Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live
before Thee!" 19 But God said, "No, but
Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall
call his name Isaac; and I will establish My
covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for
his descendants after him. 20 "And as for
Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve
princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21
"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom
Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."
Genesis 17:15-21 (NAS)
A year later, Sarah bore Abraham her first
son. Sarah was ninety
years of age and Abraham was 100. They called their son Isaac,
as the Lord had commanded.
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