 | 1823 - 600 pagina’s
...or no provision had been made by the families in which they had spent the best of their days. ^ of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord...Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Gen. xviii. 19. Many instances have occurred, of servants receiving their first serious impressions through the... | |
 | 1923 - 662 pagina’s
...him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Of Moses, the head and lawgiver of Israel, it is said, " He was faithful in all his house as a servant,... | |
 | Walter Johnstone - 1823 - 146 pagina’s
...God, ' that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.' Now, had you exercised proper authority over your children betimes, and given them needful Christian... | |
 | Aaron B. Wildavsky - 2005 - 332 pagina’s
...qualification: Abraham "will command his children and household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord...upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him" (Gen. 18:19). Apparently Abraham must remain the kind of person for whom God would want to make the promise... | |
 | Andrew L. Singletary - 2005 - 38 pagina’s
...[Abraham], that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him" (Genesis 1 8:1 9). If you want to be God's friend, you have to do the same thing. The works of the... | |
 | Laurence W. Wood - 2005 - 348 pagina’s
...if God really did not know! Yet, in this same context, God is said to foreknow that "Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him" (Gen. 18:17). Anthropomorphisms thus do not entail a rejection of God's knowledge... | |
 | James Burns - 2006 - 134 pagina’s
...confidence that Abraham would do what is right. The Lord said Abraham was a man of integrity and justice. Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Genesis 18:18,19 Based on God's view of Abraham's integrity, the Lord choose to not only make Abraham... | |
 | J. G. Vos - 2006 - 566 pagina’s
...destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. "And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him" (18:17-19). The Lord is represented here as speaking to Himself, but certainly the words spoken were... | |
 | Thomas Gross - 2006 - 266 pagina’s
...them to bring them on the way. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;... | |
 | Laurel Taitt - 2006 - 150 pagina’s
...after Christ Scriptures verify this through God's admiration of Abraham. God said in Genesis 18:19, For I know him, that he will command his children...bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Abraham's example teaches fathers the importance of leading their children to have a relationship with... | |
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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 
