Read Genesis 17:1-27 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
17:1-14 {s} Circumcision, sign of the covenant, given
17:15-27 {p} Promise given of seed through Sarah (Isaac)
Strong themes of the parashah
14:1-17:27 {sx4+p} Abraham’s heir will be the promised seed (Isaac), not the seed of his father’s house (Lot), not the seed of his house (Eliezer of Damascus), not the seed of his flesh (Ishmael)
Gen 17:1-27 chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 17:1-27 Triennial Vayhee Avram chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
God’s covenant reaffirmed and will be established through promise (Isaac) and not flesh (Ishmael)
Finding Messiah in Torah
The emphasis in this parashah is that Ishmael, the son of the flesh, will NOT be the heir of the covenant, but Isaac, the son of the promise, WILL be the heir of the covenant. Abraham is the father, Isaac is the son. Isaac is a type of Messiah, the Son of the Father, who was conceived miraculously, and who is a type of the Promised Seed of Gen 3:15.
Additional readings for this Torah portion
Studies in Triennial Vayhee Avram
Elohiym + El Shaddai from the ancient Hebrew pictographs
Gen 17:1-14, Chiastic structure
Gen 17:1-27, Strong theme Chiastic structure
Gen 17:15-27, The promised seed by Sarah
Further study off site
The Names of God in the Old Testament
The Names of God in Judaism
Covenant – Jewish Encyclopaedia
Circumcision: Covenant Sign and Seal (good historical info; his conclusions are his own)
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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