Genesis 17:7 (WEB)
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
Catechism · 1
“Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 17:4-8; 22:1-18.
Fathers and councils · 3
Eusebius of Caesarea
“In addition to these is the work On those whose Names have been changed and why they have been changed,in which he says that he had written also two books On Covenants.” — editor's note: περὶ τῶν μετονομαζομένων καὶ ὧν ἓνεκα μετονομ€ζονται, De Mutatione nominum. Upon Gen. xvii. 1–22. This work is still extant, and is given by Mangey, I.…
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Augustine of Hippo
“So also of the sign of Circumcision, when God speaketh to Abraham, He saith, “There shall be a testament between Me and thee and all thy seed:” which the Greek hath, in the midst of Me and thee, and the midst of thy seed.” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 4, 7.
Read the whole comment“…unto him, I am God; be well-pleasing in my sight, and be without complaint, and I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will fill thee exceedingly.”” — editor's note: Gen. xvii. 1–22. The passage is given in full by Augustin.
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