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21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Genesis 17:21

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. …

  • And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: …

  • And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

  • And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-22)

Here is, I. The promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai , that son in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled, that he should be the father of many nations; for she also shall be a mother of nations, and kings of people shall be of her , Gen. 17:16. Note, 1. God reveals the purposes of his good-will to his people by degrees. God had told Abraham long before that he should have a son, bu…

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