Quotes About Covenant

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abrahamís household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

And all the men of Abrahamís household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.

Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”

And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”

When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

So when God had me journey from my fatherís house, I said to Sarah, ëThis is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”í”

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—