9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)Here is, I. The continuance of the covenant, intimated in three things:—1. It is established; not to be altered nor revoked. It is fixed, it is ratified, it is made as firm as the divine power and truth can make it. 2. It is entailed; it is a covenant, not with Abraham only (then it would die with him), but with his seed after him, not only his seed after the flesh, but his spiritual seed. 3. It i…
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