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¶ 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. 2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his
face: and God talked with him, saying,
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father
of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy
name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of
many nations have I made thee. 6 And I
will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings
shall come out of thee.
Thirteen years after Ishmael is born God appeared to
Abram. To be perfect is be finished or completed.
2Chronicles
8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was
prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it
was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
It is to be complete
in all the will of God.
Col
4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a
servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers,
that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
A perfect man is an upright man, fearing God and
avoiding evil.
Job
1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz,
whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared
God, and eschewed evil.
He seeks to be like God, to hold close the principles
of God as expressed in the popularly called Sermon on the Mount.
Matthew
5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
God reaffirms His covenant with Himself regarding
Abram. He will make Abram the father of
many nations. Nations in the Bible are not like the modern nation-state.
The implication is more of an ethnic group, a tribe, or a people. Abraham will
be the physical progenitor of the Arabs, the Jews, Midianites, and others. But,
we will see eventually that he gives everything he has to Isaac, the child of
promise.
Abram’s name is changed to Abraham which means, read the text, father of many nations. Kings will come from him.
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