Genesis 17:1-27
99 <08673> [A.M. 2107. B.C. 1897. was.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
sovereign <07706> [Almighty.]
Walk <01980> [walk.]
blameless <08549> [perfect. or, upright, or sincere.]
Then I will confirm ......... I will give <05414> [And I.]
descendants <07235> [multiply.]
father <01> [a father.]
multitude ... nations <01471 01995> [many nations. Heb. multitude of nations.]
name ...... name <08034> [but thy name.]
Abraham <085> [Abraham. i.e., father of a great multitude.]
nations <01471> [nations.]
kings <04428> [kings.]
I ... confirm <06965> [And I.]
God <0430> [God.]
descendants ................. descendants <02233> [and to.]
give ............................. God <05414 0430> [And I.]
residing <04033> [wherein thou art a stranger. Heb. of thy sojournings.]
permanent <05769> [everlasting.]
God <0430> [their.]
male <02145> [Every.]
flesh <01320> [the flesh.]
reminder <0226> [a token.]
eight days ................. foreigner <03117 01121 08083> [he that is eight days old. Heb. a son of eight days.]
born <03211> [is born.]
born <03211> [born.]
bought <04736> [bought.]
cut off <03772> [cut.]
failed <06565> [broken.]
Sarai <08297> [As.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah. i.e., princess.]
bless ............. bless <01288> [And I.]
give <05414> [give.]
nations <01471> [be a mother of nations. Heb. become nations.]
Kings <04428> [kings.]
bowed <05307> [fell.]
laughed <06711> [laughed.]
might <03863> [O that.]
before <06440> [before.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah.]
Isaac <03327> [Isaac.]
{Yitzchak,} which we change into Isaac, signifies laughter; in allusion to Abraham's laughing, ver. 17. By this Abraham did not express his unbelief or weakness of faith, but his joy at the prospect of the fulfilment of so glorious a promise; and to this our Lord evidently alludes, Joh 8:56.
bless <01288> [I have blessed.]
twelve <06240> [twelve.]
I will make him <05414> [and I.]
covenant <01285> [my.]
set time <04150> [at.]
circumcised <04135> [circumcised.]
Not only the Jews, but the Arabs, who are the descendants of Ishmael, retain the rite of circumcision to this day; and the latter perform it, as the other Mahometanus also do, at the age of thirteen.
circumcised <04135> [circumcised.]
Genesis 2:3
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
made ............... been doing ... creation <01254 06213> [created and made. Heb. created to make.]
Galatians 1:13
you have heard <191> [ye.]
<3754> [how.]
Colossians 3:7
Colossians 3:1
you have been raised <4891> [risen.]
keep seeking <2212> [seek.]
where <3757> [where.]
Colossians 1:18
beginning <746> [the beginning.]
firstborn <4416> [the firstborn.]
in all things <1722 3956> [in all. or, among all.]
Colossians 4:3
pray <4336> [praying.]
that <2443> [that.]
a door <2374> [a door.]
The term door is used metaphorically for an entrance to any business, or occasion or opportunity of doing any thing; and consequently "a door of utterance" is an opportunity of preaching the gospel successfully. See the parallel texts.
mystery <3466> [the mystery.]
for ...................... for <4012 1223> [for.]
Colossians 4:2
Be devoted <4342> [Continue.]
keeping alert <1127> [watch.]
thanksgiving <2169> [thanksgiving.]
Colossians 2:7
rooted <4492> [Rooted.]
built up <2026> [built.]
firm <950> [stablished.]
in ............. and ... with <1722> [with.]
