Genesis 17

Treated in 12 passages across the library.

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  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.4 Baptism cites Gen 17: 7

    …thee, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.’ Gen 17: 7. ‘The promise is to you and to your children.’ Acts 2: 39. The covenant of grace may be…

  2. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

    Preface to the English Protestant Edition cites Gen. xvii. 1

    …Torrents Part I Part II A Short Method of Prayer “Walk before me, and be thou perfect.”—Gen. xvii. 1.

  3. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

    All Are Commanded to Pray cites Gen. xvii. 1

    …in the presence of God. He tells us this Himself: “Walk before me, and be thou perfect” (Gen. xvii. 1). Prayer alone can bring you into His presence, and keep you there continually. What we…

  4. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Gen. xvii. 1

    …is not enough to deliver and save us, God hath, I say, wrapped it up in this expression, Gen. xvii. 1, “I am,” saith he, “God Almighty” (all-sufficient); — “I am wholly able to perform all my…

  5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 8 — Exposition of the Moral Law cites Gen. 17:7

    …covenant made with the Church—I will be “a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee,” (Gen. 17:7). With reference to this, Solomon says, “The just man walketh in his integrity: his…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New cites Gen. 17:7

    …was still more clearly confirmed by the words, I will be the God of your seed after you (Gen. 17:7). If he was to manifest his favour to the dead by doing good to their posterity, much…

  7. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of August cites Gen. 17:7

    …for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee" Gen. 17:7 O Lord, thou hast made a covenant with me, thy servant, in Christ Jesus my Lord; and now…

  8. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Gen 17:7

    …The belief of a Deity would cause dependence upon God in all our straits and exigencies. Gen 17:7: ‘I am God all-sufficient;’ a God that can supply all your wants, scatter all your fears…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Power of God cites Gen 17:7

    …degree is intended here; viz., He is most strong. He is called El-shaddai, God almighty. Gen 17:7. His almightiness lies in this, that he can do whatever is feasible. Divines distinguish…

  10. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Grace cites Gen 17:2

    …his face, as being amazed that the God of glory should bestow such a favour upon him. Gen 17:2. God makes a covenant with us, to tie us fast to him; as it is called in Ezekiel, the…

  11. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 16 — Pædobaptism cites Gen. 17:10

    …analogy there is between them. When the Lord enjoins Abraham to observe circumcision (Gen. 17:10), he premises that he would be a God unto him and to his seed, adding, that in himself…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites Gen. 17:13

    …the same word occurs: “My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant” (Gen. 17:13). “This is the ordinance of the passover” (Exod. 12:43). To say no more, when Paul…