The Strand Study Bible

GENESIS 17:3

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GENESIS 17:23

stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circum- cised, that soul shall be 16 cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. God changes Sarai’s name to Sarah 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for 17 Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but 18 Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, 19 and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; 8 kings of people 9 shall be of her. PP P 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and 20 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? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife 19 shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an 11 everlast- ing covenant, and with his 10 SEED after him. PP P The promise of Ishmael to 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, 21 and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceed- ingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. P 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah 19 shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. P 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. The promise of Isaac’s birth (Fulfilled - Gen 21:1-3 - 1892 BC) become a great nation (Fulfilled - The Arab Nation)

me and thee, 1 and will multiply thee ex- ceedingly. P 3 2 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, 3 and thou shalt be a 4 father of many nations. P 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called 5 Abram, but thy name shall be 6 Abraham; for 7 a 4 father of many nations 3 have I made thee. P The promise of kings to come from Abraham’s seed; of a Kingdom where CHRIST will rule (Fulfilled - Gen 36:31 & I Sam 11:15 - II Ki 24:17,18 - 1090-597 BC & Rev 20:4,6) 6 2 And I will make thee exceeding fruit- ful, and I will make nations of thee, and 8 kings 9 shall come out of thee. PP P The promise of CHRIST’S First Coming; of Israel’s restoration (Fulfilled - Lk 2:7,11 - 1 BC & Rev 20:4) 7 And I will establish my covenant be- tween me and thee and thy 10 SEED after thee in their generations for an 11 everlast- ing covenant, to be a God unto thee, 12 and to thy SEED after thee. P P The promise to Israel to possess Canaan (Fulfilled - Josh 11:23 - 1441 BC) 8 13 And I will give unto thee, 12 and to thy 10 SEED after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an 11 everlasting possession; and I will be their God. P P P Circumcision instituted 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their genera- tions. 10 14 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 15 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any

1. Fulfilled - Exo 1:7 (A Great Nation) 2. Gen 5:22 3. Fulfilled - Lk 2:7-11 (Christ’s First Coming) (See Rom 4:16-17 & Gal 3:6-9) 4. or, “spiritual father via Christ” 5. meaning, “the Father is exalted” 6. meaning, “the Father of multitudes” 7. Quoted in the NT - Rom 4:17 (See - Neh 9:7) 8. Fulfilled - Gen 36:31 & I Sam 11:15 & II Ki 24:17-18 (Kings of Abraham’s seed) 9. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s King- dom) (See - Mt 2:2) 10. Fulfilled - Lk 2:7,11 (Christ’s First Coming) (See Gal 3:16) 11. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4 (Israel’s Restoration) 12. Quoted in the NT - Gal 3:16 (See - Gen 13:15 & 28:13 & 35:12) 13. Fulfilled - Josh 11:23 (Promised Land) 14. Acts 7:8 & Rom 4:11-12 15. Lev 12:1-3 & Lk 2:21 16. Exo 4:24-26 17. meaning, “ Jehovah is Prince” 18. meaning, “princess” 19. Fulfilled - Gen 21:1-3 (Birth of Isaac) (See - Gal 4:28) 20. Gen 18:12 21. Fulfilled - The Arab Nation (See Gen 17:20 & 21:13,18)

23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; 17:6 Abraham fathered three different nations : (1) Arab Nation (Gen 16:10,12 & 17:20); (2) Edom Nation (Gen 25:23 & 36:1-43); (3) Israeli Nation (Gen 25:23). NOTE - God did not promise to bless the “religious movements” of these nations - Judaism (c. 1400 BC) and Islam (c. AD 622); God only promised to bless the “people” of these nations. To this day, the nations to which God promised “greatness” are still in existence and prospering: Israel (Gen 12:1-2) and the Arabs (Gen 21:18). 17:12 “Circumcision” was not only a mark of separation for an Israelite, but it was also a picture of the new nature that every believer would receive upon salvation (Colo 2:11, Deut 30:6 and Jere 4:4). Like baptism, circumcision is but a picture of something. NOTE - Neither “rite” can save a person spiritually (Gal 5:2-6 & 6:15).