Genesis 17:15 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

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And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

שׁדי shaday — Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to create, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Sarai. —Probably princely, an adjective of the same form as shaddai, Genesis 17:1; while Sarah

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

As for Sarai thy wife, God now promises to Abraham a legitimate seed by Sarai. She had been (as I have said) too hasty, when she substitut…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And God said to Abraham
After he had changed his name, and given him the covenant of circumcision:

as…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Here is the promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled. The a urance of this promise was the ch…

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