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As good as dead (νενεκρωμένου)
Comp. Rom 4:19. As good as is an addition of A.V. The Greek reads and that a dead man. Comp. νέκρωσιν deadness applied to Sarah, Rom 4:19.
Stars - sand
See Gen 22:17; Gen 32:12.
By the seashore (παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης)
Lit. by the lip of the sea. The phrase N.T.o. Very often in lxx, as Gen 22:17; Exo 14:30; lip of a river, Gen 41:17; Exo 7:15; of a brook, Deu 2:36; Deu 3:12; of Jordan, 2Ki 2:13. So in Class. The vigor thus supernaturally imparted to Abraham does not appear to have exhausted itself in the generation of Isaac; since, according to Gen 25:2, Abraham became by Keturah the father of six sons after the death of Sarah.