Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
Cross References
Genesis 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar unto the Lord, who had appeared unto him.
Genesis 18:1And the Lord appeared unto him in the grove of Mamre; while he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day.
Genesis 24:40And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I have walked will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; that thou mayest take a wife for my son from my kindred, and from my father's house.
Genesis 35:11And God said unto him, I am God the Almighty; be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assemblage of nations shall spring from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:1
This chapter contains articles of agreement covenanted and concluded upon between the great Jehovah, the Father of mercies, on the one part, and pious Abram, the father of the faithful, on the other part. Abram is therefore called "the friend of God," not only because he was the man of his counsel, but because he was the man of his covenant; both these secrets were with him. Mention was made of this covenant ( ch. xv. 18 ), but here it is particularly drawn up, and put into the form of a covenant, that Abram might… Read the whole commentary →