Commentary for Genesis 17:21
וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אָקִ֣ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁר֩ תֵּלֵ֨ד לְךָ֤ שָׂרָה֙ לַמּוֹעֵ֣ד הַזֶּ֔ה בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הָאַחֶֽרֶת׃
But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.’
Radak on Genesis
למועד הזה "at this time." (anniversary). We do not know precisely on what date G'd had granted Avraham this prophetic vision.
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The Midrash of Philo
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Daat Zkenim on Genesis
ואת בריתי אקים את יצחק, “and My covenant I will establish with Yitzchok;” the word אקים is to be understood as an acrostic from the phrase: אשר קידש ידיד מבטן, a phrase recited after every circumcision, meaning: “who is well beloved already when he emerges from the womb.”
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