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Ge 17:1 Strong Concordance And when Abram [087] was ninety [08673] [08141] years [08141] old [01121] and nine [08672], the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Abram [087], and said [0559] unto him, I am the Almighty [07706] God [0410]; walk [01980] before me [06440], and be thou perfect [08549].
  King James And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. (Gen. 17:1-27)

Abram . . . ninety years old and nine--thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael [Gen 16:16]. During that interval he had enjoyed the comforts of communion with God but had been favored with no special revelation as formerly, probably on account of his hasty and blameable marriage with Hagar.

the Lord appeared--some visible manifestation of the divine presence, probably the Shekinah or radiant glory of overpowering effulgence.

I am the Almighty God--the name by which He made Himself known to the patriarchs (Exo 6:3), designed to convey the sense of "all-sufficient" (Psa 16:5-6; Psa 73:25).

walk . . . and . . . perfect--upright, or sincere (Psa 51:6) in heart, speech, and behavior.
 
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6 Behold, thou desirest [02654] truth [0571] in the inward parts [02910]: and in the hidden [05640] part thou shalt make me to know [03045] wisdom [02451].
25 Whom have I in heaven [08064] but thee? and there is none upon earth [0776] that I desire [02654] beside thee.
5 The LORD [03068] is the portion [04490] of mine inheritance [02506] and of my cup [03563]: thou maintainest [08551] my lot [01486].
6 The lines [02256] are fallen [05307] unto me in pleasant [05273] places; yea, I have a goodly [08231] heritage [05159].
3 And I appeared [07200] unto Abraham [085], unto Isaac [03327], and unto Jacob [03290], by the name of God [0410] Almighty [07706], but by my name [08034] JEHOVAH [03068] was I not known [03045] to them.
16 And Abram [087] was fourscore [08084] [08141] and six [08337] years [08141] old [01121], when Hagar [01904] bare [03205] Ishmael [03458] to Abram [087].
3 And this [01931] man [0376] went up [05927] out of his city [05892] yearly [03117] [03117] to worship [07812] and to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] in Shiloh [07887]. And the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068], were there.
33 And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].
1 And when Abram [087] was ninety [08673] [08141] years [08141] old [01121] and nine [08672], the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Abram [087], and said [0559] unto him, I am the Almighty [07706] God [0410]; walk [01980] before me [06440], and be thou perfect [08549].
2 And Abram [087] said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], what wilt thou give [05414] me, seeing I go [01980] childless [06185], and the steward [01121] [04943] of my house [01004] is this [01931] Eliezer [0461] of Damascus [01834]?
18 And Melchizedek [04442] king [04428] of Salem [08004] brought forth [03318] bread [03899] and wine [03196]: and he was the priest [03548] of the most high [05945] God [0410].
1 In the beginning [07225] God [0430] created [01254] [0853] the heaven [08064] and [0853] the earth [0776].
17 Behold, happy [0835] is the man [0582] whom God [0433] correcteth [03198]: therefore despise [03988] not thou the chastening [04148] of the Almighty [07706]:
18 For he maketh sore [03510], and bindeth up [02280]: he woundeth [04272], and his hands [03027] make whole [07495].
19 He shall deliver [05337] thee in six [08337] troubles [06869]: yea, in seven [07651] there shall no evil [07451] touch [05060] thee.
20 In famine [07458] he shall redeem [06299] thee from death [04194]: and in war [04421] from the power [03027] of the sword [02719].
21 Thou shalt be hid [02244] from the scourge [07752] of the tongue [03956]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of destruction [07701] when it cometh [0935].
22 At destruction [07701] and famine [03720] thou shalt laugh [07832]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of the beasts [02416] of the earth [0776].
23 For thou shalt be in league [01285] with the stones [068] of the field [07704]: and the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] shall be at peace [07999] with thee.
24 And thou shalt know [03045] that thy tabernacle [0168] shall be in peace [07965]; and thou shalt visit [06485] thy habitation [05116], and shalt not sin [02398].
25 Thou shalt know [03045] also that thy seed [02233] shall be great [07227], and thine offspring [06631] as the grass [06212] of the earth [0776].
20 And she said [0559] unto them, Call [07121] me not Naomi [05281], call [07121] me Mara [04755]: for the Almighty [07706] hath dealt very [03966] bitterly [04843] with me.
10 For [1063] they verily [3303] for [4314] a few [3641] days [2250] chastened [3811] us after [2596] their own [846] pleasure [1380]; but [1161] he for [1909] our profit [4851], that [1519] we might be partakers [3335] of his [846] holiness [41].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
4 And give [05414] thee the blessing [01293] of Abraham [085], to thee, and to thy seed [02233] with thee; that thou mayest inherit [03423] the land [0776] wherein thou art a stranger [04033], which God [0430] gave [05414] unto Abraham [085].
3 And God [0410] Almighty [07706] bless [01288] thee, and make thee fruitful [06509], and multiply [07235] thee, that thou mayest be a multitude [06951] of people [05971];
12 Therefore [1352] sprang there [1080] even [2532] of [575] one [1520], and [2532] him [5023] as good as dead [3499], so many as [2531] the stars [798] of the sky [3772] in multitude [4128], and [2532] as [5616] the sand [285] which [3588] is by [3844] the sea [2281] shore [5491] innumerable [382].
1 And when Abram [087] was ninety [08673] [08141] years [08141] old [01121] and nine [08672], the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Abram [087], and said [0559] unto him, I am the Almighty [07706] God [0410]; walk [01980] before me [06440], and be thou perfect [08549].
2 And I will make [05414] my covenant [01285] between me and thee, and will multiply [07235] thee exceedingly [03966] [03966].
3 And Abram [087] fell [05307] on his face [06440]: and God [0430] talked [01696] with him, saying [0559],
4 As for me [0589], behold, my covenant [01285] is with thee, and thou shalt be a father [01] of many [01995] nations [01471].
5 Neither shall thy name [08034] any more be called [07121] Abram [087], but thy name [08034] shall be Abraham [085]; for a father [01] of many [01995] nations [01471] have I made thee [05414].
6 And I will make [06509] thee exceeding [03966] [03966] fruitful [06509], and I will make [05414] nations [01471] of thee, and kings [04428] shall come out [03318] of thee.
7 And I will establish [06965] my covenant [01285] between me and thee and thy seed [02233] after thee [0310] in their generations [01755] for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285], to be a God [0430] unto thee, and to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310].
8 And I will give [05414] unto thee, and to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310], the land [0776] wherein thou art a stranger [04033], all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], for an everlasting [05769] possession [0272]; and I will be their God [0430].
7 I have caused [05414] thee to multiply [07233] as the bud [06780] of the field [07704], and thou hast increased [07235] and waxen great [01431], and thou art come [0935] to excellent [05716] ornaments [05716]: thy breasts [07699] are fashioned [03559], and thine hair [08181] is grown [06779], whereas thou wast naked [05903] and bare [06181].
9 Whom shall he teach [03384] knowledge [01844]? and whom shall he make to understand [0995] doctrine [08052]? them that are weaned [01580] from the milk [02461], and drawn [06267] from the breasts [07699].
10 I am a wall [02346], and my breasts [07699] like towers [04026]: then was I in his eyes [05869] as one that found [04672] favour [07965].
8 We have a little [06996] sister [0269], and she hath no breasts [07699]: what shall we do [06213] for our sister [0269] in the day [03117] when she shall be spoken for [01696]?
1 O that [05414] thou wert as my brother [0251], that sucked [03243] the breasts [07699] of my mother [0517]! when I should find [04672] thee without [02351], I would kiss [05401] thee; yea, I should not be despised [0936].
8 I said [0559], I will go up [05927] to the palm tree [08558], I will take hold [0270] of the boughs [05577] thereof: now also thy breasts [07699] shall be as clusters [0811] of the vine [01612], and the smell [07381] of thy nose [0639] like apples [08598];
7 This thy stature [06967] is like [01819] to a palm tree [08558], and thy breasts [07699] to clusters [0811] of grapes.
3 Thy two [08147] breasts [07699] are like two [08147] young [06082] roes [06646] that are twins [08380].
5 Thy two [08147] breasts [07699] are like two [08147] young [06082] roes [06646] that are twins [08380], which feed [07462] among the lilies [07799].
13 A bundle [06872] of myrrh [04753] is my wellbeloved [01730] unto me; he shall lie [03885] all night betwixt my breasts [07699].
9 But thou art he that took [01518] me out of the womb [0990]: thou didst make me hope [0982] when I was upon my mother's [0517] breasts [07699].
12 Why did the knees [01290] prevent [06923] me? or why the breasts [07699] that I should suck [03243]?
25 Even by the God [0410] of thy father [01], who shall help [05826] thee; and by [0854] the Almighty [07706], who shall bless [01288] thee with blessings [01293] of heaven [08064] above [05920], blessings [01293] of the deep [08415] that lieth [07257] under, blessings [01293] of the breasts [07699], and of the womb [07356]:
1 In the beginning [07225] God [0430] created [01254] [0853] the heaven [08064] and [0853] the earth [0776].
9 And I, behold, I establish [06965] my covenant [01285] with you, and with your seed [02233] after you [0310];
12 And God [0430] said [0559], This is the token [0226] of the covenant [01285] which I [0589] make [05414] between me and you and every living [02416] creature [05315] that is with you, for perpetual [05769] generations [01755]:
7 And I will establish [06965] my covenant [01285] between me and thee and thy seed [02233] after thee [0310] in their generations [01755] for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285], to be a God [0430] unto thee, and to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310].
9 And God [0430] said [0559] unto Abraham [085], Thou shalt keep [08104] my covenant [01285] therefore, thou, and thy seed [02233] after thee [0310] in their generations [01755].
10 This is my covenant [01285], which ye shall keep [08104], between me and you and thy seed [02233] after thee [0310]; Every man child [02145] among you shall be circumcised [04135].
11 And ye shall circumcise [05243] the flesh [01320] of your foreskin [06190]; and it shall be a token [0226] of the covenant [01285] betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight [08083] days [03117] old [01121] shall be circumcised [04135] among you, every man child [02145] in your generations [01755], he that is born [03211] in the house [01004], or bought [04736] with money [03701] of any stranger [01121] [05236], which is not of thy seed [02233].
13 He that is born [03211] in thy house [01004], and he that is bought [04736] with thy money [03701], must needs [04135] be circumcised [04135]: and my covenant [01285] shall be in your flesh [01320] for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285].
14 And the uncircumcised [06189] man child [02145] whose [0834] flesh [01320] of his foreskin [06190] is not circumcised [04135], that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from his people [05971]; he hath broken [06565] my covenant [01285].
2 And I will make [05414] my covenant [01285] between me and thee, and will multiply [07235] thee exceedingly [03966] [03966].
3 And Abram [087] fell [05307] on his face [06440]: and God [0430] talked [01696] with him, saying [0559],
4 As for me [0589], behold, my covenant [01285] is with thee, and thou shalt be a father [01] of many [01995] nations [01471].
5 Neither shall thy name [08034] any more be called [07121] Abram [087], but thy name [08034] shall be Abraham [085]; for a father [01] of many [01995] nations [01471] have I made thee [05414].
6 And I will make [06509] thee exceeding [03966] [03966] fruitful [06509], and I will make [05414] nations [01471] of thee, and kings [04428] shall come out [03318] of thee.
7 And I will establish [06965] my covenant [01285] between me and thee and thy seed [02233] after thee [0310] in their generations [01755] for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285], to be a God [0430] unto thee, and to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310].
8 And I will give [05414] unto thee, and to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310], the land [0776] wherein thou art a stranger [04033], all the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], for an everlasting [05769] possession [0272]; and I will be their God [0430].
9 These are the generations [08435] of Noah [05146]: Noah [05146] was a just [06662] man [0376] and perfect [08549] in his generations [01755], and Noah [05146] walked [01980] with God [0430].
22 And Enoch [02585] walked [01980] with [0854] God [0430] after [0310] he begat [03205] [0853] Methuselah [04968] three [07969] hundred [03967] years [08141], and begat [03205] sons [01121] and daughters [01323]:
19 And [2532] being not [3361] weak [770] in faith [4102], he considered [2657] not [3756] his own [1438] body [4983] now [2235] dead [3499], when he was [5225] about [4225] an hundred years old [1541], neither yet [2532] the deadness [3500] of Sara's [4564] womb [3388]:
7 And he said [0559] unto him, I am the LORD [03068] that brought thee out [03318] of Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], to give [05414] thee this land [0776] to inherit [03423] it.
22 And he left off [03615] talking [01696] with him, and God [0430] went up [05927] from Abraham [085].
3 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], God [0410] Almighty [07706] appeared [07200] unto me at Luz [03870] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and blessed [01288] me,
14 And God [0410] Almighty [07706] give [05414] you mercy [07356] before [06440] the man [0376], that he may send away [07971] your other [0312] brother [0251], and Benjamin [01144]. If [0834] I be bereaved [07921] of my children, I am bereaved [07921].
5 And Isaac [03327] sent away [07971] Jacob [03290]: and he went [03212] to Padanaram [06307] unto Laban [03837], son [01121] of Bethuel [01328] the Syrian [0761], the brother [0251] of Rebekah [07259], Jacob's [03290] and Esau's [06215] mother [0517].
11 And God [0430] said [0559] unto him, I am God [0410] Almighty [07706]: be fruitful [06509] and multiply [07235]; a nation [01471] and a company [06951] of nations [01471] shall be of thee, and kings [04428] shall come [03318] out of thy loins [02504];
3 And I appeared [07200] unto Abraham [085], unto Isaac [03327], and unto Jacob [03290], by the name of God [0410] Almighty [07706], but by my name [08034] JEHOVAH [03068] was I not known [03045] to them.
48 Be [2071] ye [5210] therefore [3767] perfect [5046], even [5618] as your [5216] Father [3962] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772] is [2076] perfect [5046].
1 After [0310] these things [01697] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came [01961] unto Abram [087] in a vision [04236], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not, Abram [087]: I am thy shield [04043], and thy exceeding [03966] great [07235] reward [07939].