Genesis 17:7

I will keep my covenant with you and your descendants after you for generations to come, as an everlasting covenant: I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  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. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

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