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Genesis
Chapter
17
{SideNote:
We are discussing Abram - the first patriarch in the age of Israel.
Now we are thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael. See Romans 4:16
for more details on this passage. From Romans, we see that Abram was
'resting in the Lord' - faith rest - for these 13 years. "Abram
believed the Lord who 'quickens the dead' means 'brings back to life
that which is dead'. In view here is sexual death. Abram is 99 and
sexually dead. Sarai is well beyond menopause and never was able to
have children. Neither is capable of having children anymore -
totally hopeless and helpless. So, now God will step up to keep His
promise - as He always does.}
{Verses
1-8: Revelation from God - Importance of the Word}
1^~And
when Abram was ninety years old and nine {99 years old},
Jehovah/God
appeared to Abram,
and
said unto him,
I
. . . {am} the Almighty {Shadday} 'El/God.
Walk
yourself {halak - reflexive Hithpa'el imperative -
idiom for 'your way of life'}
before
My Presence/Face {paniym}
{being in fellowship with God in time},
{and}
'be mature'/'grow up spiritually'/'demonstrate integrity'
{tamiym - understanding and applying divine viewpoint to
experiences in life}.
{Note: At 99 years old, this is the peak of Abram helplessness.}
{Note: RBT says 'El is used for God in His Power - His omnipotence. Shadday is the Hebrew word meaning 'many breasts' - as in a mother feeding many babies. It is used for 'many sources of help' - and becomes 'Almighty'. It means there is no problem in the life a believer for which God has not made provision. But, you must be saved (Abram believed . . . ), rebound (Abram returned to Canaan - 1 John 1:9), be in fellowship (walk in My Presence/Way, and demonstrate integrity (bible doctrine/divine viewpoint transferred from the Written Page into the norms and standards of your soul - and then applied to experience)}
2^~And
I will give { nathan-grace operation-God does the work}
My
covenant {b@riyth - and this is 'unconditional' here
- no dependence on Abram or what 'work' he does}
between
me and you,
and
multiplying . . . I will multiply
{ m@`od m@`od - doubling of the word - very strong}
you
{Abram}
exceedingly
{many, many nations will be descended from Abram}.
3-4^~And
Abram kept on falling
on
his face {picture of his own helplessness - a perfect response
to the grace of God}.
'Elohiym/Godhead
kept
on communicating categorically {dabar} {with him},
saying
{'amar}, 4^~ "As for Me { 'aniy}, behold,
My
covenant is with you,
and
you shall be a father
of
a great multitude {hamown} of nations {gowy}."
5^~"Neither
shall your name {shem}
any
more be kept on calling 'Abram'
{means 'father of high and windy places'},
but
your name . . . {shall be}
'Abraham'
{means 'father of many nations'}.
For
a 'father of great multitude' {'ab + hamown} of nations {gowy}
have
I {God} given {you to be}."
{Note: As Abram, God took him to the top of a mountain and said look in all directions. This land I give to you. Abram was the 'father of all the mountain peaks that he saw'. Now, God is changing his name to Abraham because He is ready to fulfill His promise to make him the father of many nations. The name comes before the son comes.}
6^~"Fruitful
exceedingly . . . exceedingly fruitful,
I
{God}will give {to you for descendents},
and
I will give nations {to you as descendents} . . .
kings
shall keep on coming {from your seed}."
{Note: This kings will be Arabic kings and Jewish kings and so on. Many and many will keep on coming.}
7^~"
And I {God} will cause to establish
My
covenant between Me and you
and
your seed after you in their generations
for
an everlasting { `owlam} covenant . . .
to
be 'Elohiym/Godhead unto you,
and
to your seed/descendents { zera`}
after
{'achar} {you}."
[Verses
8-9: God's Unconditional Promise
to Abraham and "His Seed"]
8a^~"I
will give { nathan} {unto you},
and
to your seed/descendent(s) { zera`}
after
{'achar} {you}
the
land wherein you are a stranger {magowr},
all
the land of Canaan,
for
an everlasting {`owlam}
'possession
by inheritance' {'achuzzah}.
8b~~[I keep on being] 'Elohiym/Godhead."
{Verses
9-27: Abram's Response to the Word}
9^~'Elohiym/Godhead
said {'amar} unto Abraham,
"Keep
on guarding/protecting/observing {shamar}
My
covenant,
{and}
your seed
after
in [their/his] generation(s)/"period of time".
[Note: "Seed" is one of those words that is singular but is used often for plural things. Paul reveals to us in Galatians and Romans that here was mystery. The "seed" was singluar. It was God's promise to Abraham and his Seed - Who turned out to be Jesus Christ.]
[Note: See the explanation of God's promise at Galatians 3:16. Paul also discusses this topic more at Romans 4:13 and 4:16]
10^~"My
covenant,
keep
on guarding/protecting/observing {shamar} . . .
{and}
your seed/descendents after {you}.
Male
children {zakar} . . . receive cutting/circumcism {muwl}."
11^~"'Cut
off'/'circumcise'
the
'male sex-organ'/flesh {basar} of the foreskin {`orlah}.
A
sign/token/dedication {'owth} of the covenant."
12^~"{He
who is} eight days old . . .
receive
cutting/circumcism {muwl}.
Male
children {zakar} in your generations,
born
{ yaliyd} in the house { bayith},
or
bought {miqnah} with money {keceph}
of
any stranger, who is not of your seed/descendents."
{Note: Means that male babies are to be circumcised on the eighth day of life. Scientifically this is a good time. Per RBT, before eighth day, the child could hemorrhage and die - the properties of the blood to coagulate are not ready. And, on the eighth day, the chance of infection is at its lowest. Danger for infection increases on the ninth day and following.}
17:13^~He
who is born { yaliyd} in the house { bayith},
or
bought {miqnah} with money {keceph}
{each
male child} must keep on being circumcised.
My
covenant shall be in your 'male sex-organ'/flesh {basar}
for
an everlasting covenant.
14^~The
uncircumcised {`arel} man child
whose
'male sex-organ'/flesh {basar} of his foreskin {'orlah}
is
not circumcised,
that
person/soul {nephesh} shall be cut off from his people.
He
has broken My covenant.
15^~And
God said unto Abraham,
"As
for Sarai {means contentious} your wife/woman {ishshah},
you
shall not call her name Sarai,
but
Sarah {means princess} . . . {shall be her} name {shem}."
16^~"And
I will bless her,
and
give you a son also by the source of her {Sarah}.
Yes,
I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations.
Kings
of people shall be from the source of her."
{Note: A similar promise was made to Hagar in Genesis 16:10. But her descendents were going to be 'wild asses of men' - always contending with each other.}
17^~Then
Abraham fell upon his face and laughed {tsachaq}
and
said {'amar} in his heart/'right lobe',
"Shall
a child be born unto him
who
is an hundred years old {implying sexual death}?
And
shall Sarah, who is ninety years old,
bear
{also past menopause and sexually dead}?
{Note: Tsachaq - is transliterated 'Isaac'. The name Isaac means 'laughter'. Here Abraham laughed/Isaac'ed so hard at the impossible thought that he could not stand up. In the next chapter, Sarah will also 'Isaac' . . . and then 9 months later give birth to 'Isaac'.}
{Abraham's
Prayer - (will be Rejected by God)}
18^~And
Abraham said {'amar} unto 'Elohiym/Godhead,
"O
that Ishmael might be 'my heir blessed by You'
{idiom: literally is 'might live before You'}."
{Note: Ishmael is now 13 years old and the 'apple of his father's eye. Abraham prays that Ishmael be the heir through which all that God promised him would be fulfilled - God rejects this in later verses.}
{God's
Covenant with Abraham's Descendents through Isaac}
19^~And
'Elohiym/Godhead said {'amar'},
"Sarah
your wife/woman {ishshah}
shall
bear you a son indeed.
And
you shall call his name Isaac {Yitschaq - name means laughter}.
I
have caused to establish My covenant with him
for
an everlasting covenant . . . and with his seed after him."
{Ishmael's
Line will Be Blessed by God Also}
20^~"And
as for Ishmael, I have heard you.
Behold,
I have blessed him,
and
will make him fruitful,
and
will multiply him exceedingly.
Twelve
princes shall he sire,
and
I will make him a great nation
{Ishmael is the father of the Arabic Nations - but not the 'heir' of
Abraham}."
21^~"But
My covenant will I establish with Isaac,
who
Sarah shall bear unto you
at
this set time in the next year."
22^~And
He left off talking with him,
and
'Elohiym/Godhead went up from Abraham.
{Note: RBT says this is God the Son Who is always the manifest person of the Godhead.}
{Verses
23-27: Rite of Circumcism Fulfilled by Abraham}
23^~And
Abraham took Ishmael his son,
and
all {males} who were born in his house,
and
all {males} who were bought with his money,
every
male among the men of Abraham's house
and
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin
in
the selfsame day,
as
'Elohiym/Godhead
had
decreed/'communicated categorically' {dabar} unto him.
24^~And
Abraham was ninety years old and nine {99 years old},
when
he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25^~And
Ishmael his son . . . {was} thirteen years old,
when
he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26^~
In the very same day {that God commanded it}
was
Abraham circumcised and Ishmael his son.
27^~And
all the men of his house,
born
in the house,
and
bought with money. . the sons of foreigners,
were
circumcised with him.
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