Over a period of many years, Jehovah had made several covenant promises to Abraham that when combined show that the promised Seed would descend from Abraham through his son Isaac.
૧૭: ૧૬) બાઇબલ જણાવે છે કે યહોવાએ ૪૦થી વધુ વખત સમ ખાઈને વચન આપ્યા છે.