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Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Look unto Abraham - What was figuratively expressed in the former verse is here expressed literally. They were directed to remember…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I called him alone. —Literally, as one. If so great a nation had sprung from one man (Hebrews 11:12), so would God ou…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

This is for your comfort, dear friends. If God could make from Abraham and Sarah so great a nation as Israel, what is there that he cannot do?

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For I called him alone. This application plainly shows what was the purpose of this exhortation from the Prophet: to encourage the hearts …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Look to Abraham your father
Not only the father of the Jewish nation, but of all them that believe: this explains wha…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

It is good for those privileged by the new birth, to consider that they were shapen in sin. This should cause low thoughts of ourselves, and high t…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Give ear to me, you that follow justice. Here he addre es the second obstacle to their liberation, which might be a umed from th…

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