Genesis 17:21

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Genesis 17:21

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

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General references

Deuteronomy 5:3

Bible References

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She said to Abraham: Get rid of that slave woman and her son.

Jehovah appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.

Jacob (Israel) packed up everything he owned and left for Egypt. On the way he stopped near the town of Beer-sheba and offered sacrifices to the God his father Isaac had worshiped.

Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day,

God heard their groaning. He remembered his promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

He spoke to our fathers. To Abraham and his seed forever.

The forefathers belong to them from whom came the Christ according to the flesh. God who is over all is blessed forever. Amen.

If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise.

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He said: Next year I will give you and Sarah a son. (Sarah was listening in the tent door behind him.)

Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age. It was at the very time God had promised him.

If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!

He replied: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set within His own authority.

General references

Jehovah did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us here alive today.