And I will make my covenant between me and thee,.... The covenant of circumcision, so called from the token of it, which God is said to make or give , being his own constitution, and depended on his sovereign will and pleasure, see Ac 7:8;and will multiply thee exceedingly; as he had before promised at several times, and now renews it, lest be should think that Ishmael was the promised seed; for though Hagar's seed is promised to be multiplied, yet here Abram's seed by Sarai is intended, which should be exceeding exceedingly, or in great abundance multiplied; and especially as this may include both his natural seed by her, and his spiritual seed among all nations, who are of the same faith with him, see Ge 12:2.
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Genesis 17:2
Genesis 17:2
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