And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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Gill's Exposition
And God said unto Abraham, thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,.... Observe the sign or token of it, circumcision, in the manner after related:
thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations;…
- The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday, Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six times in Genesis,…
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…
Circumcision the Token of the Covenant
9. thou shalt keep "Keep" in the sense of "observe": the reverse is to "break" (Gen 17:17) the covenant. Notice the sing, "thou," and the plur. "ye shall keep"…