Genesis 17:1
And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.
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In Context
2And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
Cross References
Genesis 5:22And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Methuselah, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 6:9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.
Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.
Genesis 18:1And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.
Genesis 24:40And he said to me, The Lord God to whom I have been acceptable in his presence, himself shall send out his angel with thee, and shall prosper thy journey, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father.
Genesis 35:11And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of 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 →