Monday, 10/18/2021
Covenant People (Genesis 17:1-9)
Genesis 17:1 (ESV) ~ When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,
Genesis 17:2 (ESV) ~ that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”
Genesis 17:3 (ESV) ~ Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,
Genesis 17:4 (ESV) ~ “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:5 (ESV) ~ No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:6 (ESV) ~ I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 17:7 (ESV) ~ And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
Genesis 17:8 (ESV) ~ And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”
Genesis 17:9 (ESV) ~ And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.