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John Gill, on Gen 17:6
John Gill · 1697–1771
Gen 17:6 · Douay-Rheims
“And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.”
On this verse:
“And I will make thee exceeding fruitful,.... In children, for he had not only a son by Sarai, from whom sprung a numerous offspring, but he had six sons by Keturah, who became the heads of large nations: and I will make nations of thee; as the nations of Israel and Judah, of the Midianites and Edomites, of the Arabs, Saracens, and Turks: and kings shall come out of thee; as the twelve princes of Ishmael, the kings of Edom and Midian, of the Arabs, Saracens, and Turks, and of Israel and Judah, and especially, as observed by Grotius, and others, the King Messiah: to which may be added, in a mystical sense, all Christian kings and princes of the same faith with him; nay, all believers, who are all kings and priests unto God.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.