YAHWEH'S COVENANTS WITH AVRAHAM
Yahweh's Covenant Of Land With Avram
Beresheet 15: 18-21
15:18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Avram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Mitzrayim to the great river, the river Perat: 15:19the Kinim, the Kenizzi, the Kadmoni, 15:20the Chitti, the Perizzi, the Refa'im, 15:21the Amori, the Kana`anim, the Girgashi, and the Yevusi."Yahweh's covenant with Avram to give to Avram's seed the land from the river of Mitzrayim to the great river, the river Perat. The land then occupied by several listed nations.
Yahweh's Covenant With Avraham And Avraham's Seed
Beresheet 17: 1-14
17:1
When Avram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Avram, and said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless. 17:2I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."17:3
Avram fell on his face. The Mighty One talked with him, saying, 17:4"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 17:5Neither will your name any more be called Avram, but your name will be Avraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you. 17:6I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a Mighty One to you and to your seed after you. 17:8I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Kana`an, for an everlasting possession. I will be their Mighty One."17:9
The Mighty One said to Avraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations. 17:10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. 17:11You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you. 17:12He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed. 17:13He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 17:14The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."Yahweh's everlasting covenant with Avraham and Avraham's seed throughout their generations, to be Mighty One to them and to give them all the land of Kanaan for an everlasting possession.
Yahweh's Covenant With Avraham Not Limited To Avraham's Descendants
It should also be noted that Yahweh's everlasting covenant was not limited to Avraham's physical descendants. It was also applicable to those who were not Avraham's descendants but were slaves of Avraham and of his descendants. Therefore, by coming under the authority of Avraham and his seed after him, one could indeed share in the everlasting covenant between Yahweh and Avraham and Avraham's seed after him.
Therefore, with respect to this everlasting covenant, Yahweh gave Avraham and his seed after him pre-eminence over other human beings!
Yahweh's Covenant With Avraham Established Through Yitzchak
Beresheet 17: 15-21
17:15
The Mighty One said to Avraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah. 17:16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."17:17
Then Avraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?" 17:18Avraham said to The Mighty One, "Oh that Yishma'el might live before you!"17:19
The Mighty One said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Yitzchak. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. 17:20As for Yishma'el, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 17:21But my covenant I establish with Yitzchak, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."Yahweh's everlasting covenant with Avraham's seed after him was to be established with Avraham's son Yitzchak, and not with Avraham's son Yishmael. It should be noted that this is an everlasting covenant with Avraham's seed throughout their generations! Implying that as long as the generations of Avraham's seed exist, this covenant continues to be remain in application, seeing that it is an everlasting covenant!
Shemot (Exodus) 2: 23-25
2:23
It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Mitzrayim died, and the children of Yisra'el sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to The Mighty One because of the bondage. 2:24The Mighty One heard their groaning, and The Mighty One remembered his covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya`akov. 2:25The Mighty One saw the children of Yisra'el, and The Mighty One was concerned about them.Yahweh's everlasting covenant with Avraham and his seed after him was made with Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. It is therefore Yaakov's seed after him who were to inherit the land of Kanaan for an everlasting possession.
Shemot 6: 2-8
6:2
The Mighty One spoke to Moshe, and said to him, "I am Yahweh; 6:3and I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov, as El Shaddai; and by my name Yahweh was I not known to them? 6:4I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Kana`an, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. 6:5Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Yisra'el, whom the Mitzrim keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. 6:6Therefore tell the children of Yisra'el, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Mitzrim, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: 6:7and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a Mighty One; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your Mighty One, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Mitzrim. 6:8I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"Yahweh's time for the fulfilment of his covenant to Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov had come, to give to their seed after them the land of Kanaan for an everlasting possession and to be their Mighty One.
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