2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. …
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here is, I. The time when God made Abram this gracious visit: When he was ninety-nine years old , full thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael. 1. So long, it should seem, God’s extraordinary appearances to Abram were intermitted; and all the communion he had with God was only in the usual was of ordinances and providences. Note, There are some special comforts which are not the daily bread, no,…
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