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Genesis 17

Gn. 17:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
, Thou shalt keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
my covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
therefore, thou, and thy seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
after thee
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
in their generations
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
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More on:

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Abraham,
Covenant,
Generation,
God,
Seed

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Sal. 25:10• 10Todas las sendas de Jehová son misericordia y verdad, Para los que guardan su pacto y sus testimonios. (Sal. 25:10)
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Sal. 103:18• 18Sobre los que guardan su pacto, Y los que se acuerdan de sus mandamientos para ponerlos por obra. (Sal. 103:18)
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Is. 56:4‑5• 4Porque así dijo Jehová á los eunucos que guardaren mis sábados, y escogieren lo que yo quiero, y abrazaren mi pacto:
 5Yo les daré lugar en mi casa y dentro de mis muros, y nombre mejor que el de hijos é hijas; nombre perpetuo les daré que nunca perecerá. (Is. 56:4‑5)
• It is not until chapter 17:19 that we have the personal seed; the promises to the seed, and to the land are confirmed, and will surely be accomplished, but the personal seed is nominally revealed to the exclusion of the legal seed, though the former must be born for it to be carried out. (“Genesis 16” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.