When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly." Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." --Genesis 17:1-8
Dear Girls,
The name Abram means exalted father. From reading Chuck Smith, I discovered that when God changed his name to Abraham, He inserted the Hebrew letter " h". The letter h is made with the sound of a breath. I really love what Chuck Smith says here..."God just put the sound of a breath into his name or inserted Himself, you might say."
He goes on to say that ruwach...the word for breath is also the word for spirit. God inserted His Spirit or His life into Abraham when He changed His name. In this way Abraham was brought into the life after the Spirit. The same was done for Abraham's wife Sarai....God added the same "h" and breathed the Spirit of His life into her.
Just wanted to share that with you...
Love
Mom
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