ABRAHAM and SARAH

 

Genesis 17:15-16

King James Version

15 And God said unto Abraham, 

As for Sarai thy wife, 

thou shalt not call her name Sarai, 

but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And I will bless her, 

and give thee a son also of her: 

yea, I will bless her, 

and she shall be a mother of nations; 

kings of people shall be of her.

How has the LORD blessed Abram and Sarai?

In so many ways, as Scripture reveals:

Genesis 17:1-9

King James Version

17 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, 

the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, 

I am the Almighty God; 

walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, 

and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 And Abram fell on his face: 

and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, 

behold, my covenant is with thee, 

and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, 

but thy name shall be Abraham; 

for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, 

and I will make nations of thee, 

and kings shall come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant 

between me and thee and thy seed after thee 

in their generations for an everlasting covenant, 

to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, 

the land wherein thou art a stranger, 

all the land of Canaan, 

for an everlasting possession; 

and I will be their God.

9 And God said unto Abraham, 

Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, 

thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Abram, now "Abraham", was to be a "father of many nations".

Where Sarai, now "Sarah", used to be barren, now she will bear a child.

Genesis 17:19

King James Version

19 And God said, 

Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; 

and thou shalt call his name Isaac: 

and I will establish my covenant with him 

for an everlasting covenant, 

and with his seed after him.

Ishmael, Abraham's son with Hagar was to be blessed, too.

Genesis 17:20

King James Version

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: 

Behold, I have blessed him, 

and will make him fruitful, 

and will multiply him exceedingly; 

twelve princes shall he beget, 

and I will make him a great nation.

But GOD's covenant is with Isaac, Abraham's son with Sarah.

Genesis 17:21-22

King James Version

21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, 

which Sarah shall bear unto thee 

at this set time in the next year.

22 And he left off talking with him, 

and God went up from Abraham.

To seal the covenant, GOD asked Abraham to have all male children to be circumcised on their 8th day of birth.

For himself, Abraham and Ishmael were circumcised, too.

Now, we take a look into the generations of Noah.

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The EVERLASTING covenant

 

Genesis 9:12-13

King James Version

12 And God said, 

This is the token of the covenant which I make 

between me and you and every living creature 

that is with you, for perpetual generations:

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, 

and it shall be for a token of a covenant 

between me and the earth.

After cleansing the earth from all wickedness, GOD makes a covenant with Noah.

The LORD uses a rainbow as "token of the covenant".

With the promise being:

Genesis 9:11

King James Version

11 And I will establish my covenant with you, 

neither shall all flesh be cut off any more 

by the waters of a flood; 

neither shall there any more be a flood 

to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:14-17

King James Version

14 And it shall come to pass, 

when I bring a cloud over the earth, 

that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15 And I will remember my covenant, 

which is between me and you 

and every living creature of all flesh; 

and the waters shall no more become a flood 

to destroy all flesh.

16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; 

and I will look upon it, 

that I may remember the everlasting covenant 

between God and every living creature of all flesh 

that is upon the earth.

17 And God said unto Noah, 

This is the token of the covenant, 

which I have established between me 

and all flesh that is upon the earth.

That's the covenant GOD made.

With "all flesh that is upon the earth".

One would think all went well for the sons of Noah.

Except for one day.

Wherein a curious incident involved Ham and his father.

Canaan, Ham's son, bore the brunt of Noah's curse.

This changed Canaan's lineage forever.

That's for the next post.

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