But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
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But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
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But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.'
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Passages linked to Genesis 17:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 21:2-3 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
- Genesis 26:2-5 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about. Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
- Genesis 18:10 He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Romans 9:5-6 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
- Romans 9:9 For this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Galatians 3:29 If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
- Genesis 21:10-12 Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.” The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son. God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be named through Isaac.
- Genesis 46:1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
- Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
- Job 14:13 “Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!
- Luke 1:55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
- Luke 1:72 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
- Acts 1:7 He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
- Hebrews 11:9 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
- Genesis 48:15 He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with…
Gen 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Ver. 21. But my covenant.] This is the thirteenth time that the covenant is named in this chapter, saith an interpreter; and hereby is meant the promise of Christ and salvation by him. A subject so sweet to every sanctified soul, that St Paul cannot come off it. He names the Lord Jesus Christ ten times together in ten verses. {1Co 1:1-10} It was to him Mel in ore, melos in aure, iubilum in corde .{ a}
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{a} Bernard.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The covenant of the promised Seed to come out…
The covenant of the promised Seed to come out of his loins, and of life and salvation to accrue to himself and to his posterity by virtue of that Seed; in comparison whereof God speaks slightly of all the temporal blessings conferred upon Ishmael, though in themselves they were great and glorious. By which it may sufficiently appear that Abraham’s faith, whereby he is said to be justified, Rom 4:1-25, had a further reach in it than to his own immediate child, even to the Messias, whose day therefore Abraham is said to have seen, Joh 8:56.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But my covenant will one establish with Isaac,.... The…
But my covenant will one establish with Isaac,.... The covenant of circumcision; for though Ishmael was circumcised, and his posterity practised that rite, yet it was not enjoined them of God; nor was it to them, or served the same purpose as to the Israelites; and particularly the promise of the land of Canaan, made in that covenant, belonged only to the posterity of Isaac, and to those only in the line of Jacob, and especially that of the Messiah springing from him, which circumcision had a respect unto:
whom Sarah shall bear unto thee, at this set time, in the next year: that is, at the end of nine months, which is the set time a woman goes with child.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He names that child, Isaac - Laughter, because Abraham…
He names that child, Isaac - Laughter, because Abraham rejoiced in spirit when this son was promised him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. My covenant will I establish with Isaac]…
Verse 21. My covenant will I establish with Isaac] All temporal good things are promised to Ishmael and his posterity, but the establishment of the Lord's covenant is to be with Isaac. Hence it is fully evident that this covenant referred chiefly to spiritual things-to the Messiah, and the salvation which should be brought to both Jews and Gentiles by his incarnation, death, and glorification.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 17:21. He names that child Isaac, that is,…
Gen 17:21. He names that child Isaac, that is, laughter, because Abraham rejoiced in spirit when this son was promised him.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom…
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year (cf. Gen_21:2)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain My covenant will I establish with Isaac
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Isaac, a type of Christ
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He is born in a miraculous manner. He was the child given by promises, and came not in the ordinary course of nature. So Christ was long promised and miraculously born.
2. He was the son of the house, while all others were his servants. So the position of Christ in the heavenly household was made by His birth. No circumstances could alter His relationship to that household. He was there by a natural necessity. Others may come and go, but the Son abides.
3. He was the progenitor of a free race. Isaac was the son of the free woman, and the ancestor of a great and free people. Christ makes men free when they are born into the kingdom of God by His spirit, and thus belong to that holy nation whose children walk in perfect liberty.
4. He was the channel of blessing to all nations. Christ was the life and power which gave effect to that blessing. He was that blessing itself.
Isaac, a type of the regenerate man
1. He was born by a distinct act of the will of God. So the regenerate man becomes Gods child, not by the course of nature, but by a special grace. He is eminently born of God.
2. He was free born. So each child of God is made free from all bondage. He needs not the commands of law to compel him to obedience, for he obeys from love of his Father. Thus Isaac was the type of the evangelical dispensation, as Ishmael was that of the legal.
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