4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
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 he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: …
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. …
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-6)The promise here is introduced with solemnity: “ As for me ,” says the great God, “behold, behold and admire it, behold and be assured of it, my covenant is with thee;” as before (Gen. 17:2), I will make my covenant . Note, The covenant of grace is a covenant of God’s own making; this he glories in ( as for me ), and so may we. Now here, I. It is promised to Abraham that he should be a father of m…
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