Genesis 17:9
Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
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- Ps 25:10 : 10 The LORD always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.
- Ps 103:18 : 18 to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.
- Isa 56:4-5 : 4 For this is what the LORD says:“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant, 5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.
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- Gen 17:10-112 verses89%
10This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
- Gen 17:4-85 verses88%
4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
5No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”
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19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
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2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”
- Gen 22:16-183 verses79%
16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
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9“Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you
- Gen 26:3-53 verses78%
3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
4I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
5All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
- Ps 105:8-92 verses77%
8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–
9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
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21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
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4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”
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15I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.
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12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”
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13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”
- 1 Chr 16:15-162 verses75%
15Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–
16the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
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25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’
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15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
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13They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.
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16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say,“and to the descendants,” referring to many, but“and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
- Gen 18:18-192 verses74%
18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
19I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
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18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
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12And God said,“This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:
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14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. And so all the families of the earth may receive blessings through you and through your descendants.
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55as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
- Gen 17:23-242 verses73%
23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
24Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
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14saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”
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23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
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3Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
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5The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”
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9For this is what the promise declared:“About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”
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7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”