Chuàngshìjì 17:2

2 Wǒ jiù yǔ nǐ lì yuē , shǐ nǐde hòuyì jíqí fán duō .

Chuàngshìjì 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 17:2

And I will make my covenant between me and thee
The covenant of circumcision, so called from the token of it, which God is said to make or give ^F5, being his own constitution, and depended on his sovereign will and pleasure, see ( Acts 7:8 ) ;

and will multiply thee exceedingly;
as he had before promised at several times, and now renews it, lest be should think that Ishmael was the promised seed; for though Hagar's seed is promised to be multiplied, yet here Abram's seed by Sarai is intended, which should be exceeding exceedingly, or in great abundance multiplied; and especially as this may include both his natural seed by her, and his spiritual seed among all nations, who are of the same faith with him, see ( Genesis 12:2 ) ( 13:16 ) ( 15:5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (hnta) "dabo", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Chuàngshìjì 17:2 In-Context

1 Yàbólán nián jiǔ shí jiǔ suì de shíhou , Yēhéhuá xiàng tā xiǎnxiàn , duì tā shuō , wǒ shì quánnéng de shén . nǐ dàng zaì wǒ miànqián zuò wánquán rén ,

2 Wǒ jiù yǔ nǐ lì yuē , shǐ nǐde hòuyì jíqí fán duō .

3 Yàbólán fǔfú zaì dì . shén yòu duì tā shuō ,

4 Wǒ yǔ nǐ lì yuē , nǐ yào zuò duō guó de fù .

5 Cóngcǐ yǐhòu , nǐde míng bú zaì jiào Yàbólán , yào jiào Yàbólāhǎn , yīnwei wǒ yǐ lì nǐ zuò duō guó de fǔ .