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Season 4 Episode 6 – Genesis 17: Cut Me Mick!Coming Up! - 0:00Intro! - 1:12Jasmine’s Tea! - 3:58Aight So Boom! - 10:53Unlike the covenant in chap. 15, which had no requirements, chap. 17 includes two demands: (1) to live uprightly before the Lord (v. 2) and (2) to practice circumcision faithfully (vv. 9–11). K. A. Mathews, Genesis 11:27–50:26, vol. 1B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), 195.Read Genesis 17 1-2 - 14:08 Abram is now 99 years oldThe LORD appeared to himThe LORD proclaims his own nameGod Almighty (El Shaddai) - The God of (who has/is) Majesty(ic) and Power(ful)Command - walk blameless before me (who is this to Abram or Everyone)So that I canMake a covenant between Me and youMay multiply you greatlyRead Genesis 17 3-8 - 26:48Abram fell on his faceGod spoke to AbramMy covenant is (present tense) with youThe previously made covenantFather of a multitude of nationsBecause of that you get a name changeFor I have made you a father of the multitude of nations (past tense)I will make you exceedingly fruitfulI will make you into nationsKings shall come from youAnother CovenantI Will establish my covenant between Me, you and your offspringThis is an everlasting covenant, this is foreverCovenant to be God to you and your offspring (personal)I will give the land of your sojourningThis is an everlasting possessionI will be their GodRead Genesis 17 9-14 - 39:44God spoke to Abraham againYou (Abraham) shall keep my covenant, you and your offspringThe covenant of circumcisionEvery male in your household (note only to males)This is the sign e covenant between me and youHappens at eight days oldThroughout generationsBorn or brought (your family or foreigner)Covenant in your fleshIf you don’t do it you have broken my covenantHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ro 4:11.Read Genesis 17 15-16 - 1:00:05Now onto SaraiName change also. Sarai to SarahI will bless her (the LORD’s doing)I will give her a son (the Lord’s doing)She shall become nationsKings of people shall come from herRead Genesis 17 17-21 - 1:03:02Abram fell on his face againHas some more stuff to sayLaughedSaid to himself - Born to a 100 year oldSaid to himself - Birthed by a 90 year oldSays to the LORD - Can it be IshmaelGod’s response is:IsaacNo, Sarah is going to be the motherName shall be IsaacI will establish my everlasting covenant with him and his offspringIshmaelIshmael has been blessedMultiply him greatlyHe will father 12 princesMake him a great nationIsaac will be born next yearRead Genesis 17 22-26 - 1:12:13Abram did it God went up from AbrahamAbraham got busyStarts with IshmaelAll those born in his houseAll those brought with his moneyAbraham was 99Ishmael was 13Repeated
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