Genesis 17:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Genesis 17:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 103:18
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Psalms 25:10
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Isaiah 56:4-5
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; …

Topics

Abraham Children Circumcision Contracts Covenant Disease Duty Generals, Distinguished

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…