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Génesis 17:4-9

Listen to Génesis 17:4-9
4 En cuanto a mí, he aquí, mi pacto es contigo, y serás padre de multitud de naciones.
5 Y no serás llamado más Abram ; sino que tu nombre será Abraham ; porque yo te haré padre de multitud de naciones.
6 Te haré fecundo en gran manera, y de ti haré naciones, y de ti saldrán reyes.
7 Y estableceré mi pacto contigo y con tu descendencia después de ti, por todas sus generaciones, por pacto eterno, de ser Dios tuyo y de toda tu descendencia después de ti.
8 Y te daré a ti, y a tu descendencia después de ti, la tierra de tus peregrinaciones, toda la tierra de Canaán como posesión perpetua; y yo seré su Dios.
9 Dijo además Dios a Abraham: Tú, pues, guardarás mi pacto, tú y tu descendencia después de ti, por sus generaciones.

Génesis 17:4-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 17

This chapter treats of a covenant made with Abram, sometimes called the covenant of circumcision, the time when God appeared to him, and promised to make it, and did, Ge 17:1-3; the particulars of it, both with respect to himself, whose name was now changed, and to his posterity, Ge 17:4-8; the token of it, circumcision, the time of its performance, and the persons obliged to it, Ge 17:9-14; the change of Sarai's name, and a promise made that she should have a son, to the great surprise of Abraham, Ge 17:15-17; a prayer of his for Ishmael, and the answer to it, with a confirmation of Sarah's having a son, whose name should be called Isaac, and the establishment of the covenant with him, Ge 17:18-22; and the chapter is closed with an account of the circumcision of Abraham, and all his family of the male sort, agreeably to the command of God, Ge 17:23-27.

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Footnotes 2

  • [a] I.e., padre enaltecido
  • [b] I.e., padre de multitud

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