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Verse Genesis 17:12. _HE THAT IS EIGHT DAYS OLD_] Because previously
to this they were considered unclean, Leviticus 12:2, and circumcision
was ever understood as a _consecration of the person to God...
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- The Sealing of the Covenant
1. שׁדי _shaday_, Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and
by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד _shādad_ “be strong,
destroy.” This name is found six times in Gene...
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CHAPTER 17 THE FIFTH COMMUNICATION AND THE COVENANT REPEATED
_ 1. The communication and Abram worships (Genesis 17:1)_
2. The enlarged promise (Genesis 17:4)
3. The covenant sign (Genesis 17:9)
4....
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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EIGHT. the number of Resurrection (App-10); associated here with
circumcision, the sign of _death._...
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Circumcision the Token of the Covenant
9. _thou shalt keep_ "Keep" in the sense of "observe": the reverse is
to "break" (Genesis 17:14) the covenant. Notice the sing, "thou," and
the plur. "ye shall k...
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_he that is eight days old_ The performance of the rite at this early
age is distinctive of the Israelite usage. Cf. Genesis 21:4; Leviticus
12:3; Luke 1:59; Luke 2:2
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3. _The Covenant-Sign_ (Genesis 17:9-14)
9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my
covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
10 This is my covenant,...
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_AND HE THAT IS EIGHT DAYS OLD SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED AMONG YOU, EVERY
MAN CHILD IN YOUR GENERATIONS, HE THAT IS BORN IN THE HOUSE, OR BOUGHT
WITH MONEY OF ANY STRANGER, WHICH IS NOT OF THY SEED._
He t...
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17:12 stranger (h-32) Or 'foreigner.' so ver. 27; Exodus 12:43 ;
Leviticus 22:25 , &c....
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THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION
This chapter is from the Priestly document, of which it shows marked
characteristics: see preface to Genesis 15....
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EIGHT DAYS OLD] Until the eighth day children were considered unclean,
and so unfit to be offered to God.
12, 13. The law of circumcision applied to all male members of Jewish
households, who were he...
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To ‘*circumcise’ means to cut the skin from the end of a male
person’s sex part. When someone has done that to a person, that
person is ‘*circumcised’. It is a sign that God has made a firm
agreement...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 17
GOD MAKES AN AGREEMENT WITH ABRAHAM
V1 When Abram was 99 years of age, the *Lord appeared to him. The
*Lord said to him, ‘I am God who can do...
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EIGHT DAYS OLD. — That is, just one week after birth, as the day of
birth was counted among the eight days....
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וּ בֶן ־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמֹּ֥ול
לָכֶ֛ם כָּ
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THE COVENANT SEALED
Genesis 17:1
ACCORDING to the dates here given fourteen years had passed since
Abram had received any intimation of God's will regarding him. Since
the covenant had been made some...
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GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM
Genesis 17:1
At least thirteen years had passed since the promise of Isaac was
first made. Years of sorrow and discipline, but God had not forgotten.
Always under such cir...
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This chapter gives the account of the fifth appearance of God to Abram
in which a divine covenant was made. At this point his name was
changed from Abram, which means exalted father, to Abraham, which...
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CIRCUMCISION AND THE PROMISE
The act of circumcision was a part of the covenant which included the
land promise (17:1-14). It should be noted the giving of the land was
unconditional, but retaining it...
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Days, when he will be able to bear the pain without danger. This might
be deferred for a just reason, as it was in the desert, Josue v. 6. In
this case people might be saved, as younger children and a...
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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
It is profitable to o...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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12._And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised _(409) God now
prescribes the eighth day for circumcision; whence it appears that
this was a part of that discipline, under which he intended to...
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In chapter 17 we have a fresh revelation of the Lord to Abram, and, I
think, are upon higher and holier ground. It is not here calling, or
worship, or the world and victory over it in Lot (12-14 [1]),...
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AND HE THAT IS EIGHT DAYS OLD SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED AMONG YOU,.... A
son or infant of eight days old; it might not be circumcised before,
but for some reasons might be deferred longer. The reasons why...
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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every
man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought
with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.
Ver....
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Gen. 17:12. "And he that is eight days old," etc. One reason why they
were not to be circumcised till they were eight days old, was because
the child was legally impure till then. It was born impure,...
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[ABRAHAM.]
1 God reneweth the Couenant.
5 Abram his name is changed, in token of a greater blessing.
10 Circumcision is instituted.
15 Sarai her name is changed, and she blessed.
17 Izsaac is pro...
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SIXTH SECTION
_Abram and the repeated Promise of God. The name Abram changed to
Abraham. The personal Covenant of Faith, now a Covenant Institution
for him, his Household and his Seed. Circumcision....
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THE COVENANT AND ITS SIGN - CIRCUMCISION
Another thirteen years passes before the Lord's appearing to Abram now
at the age of 99 years. In Chapter 15:1 He had told Abram, "I am your
shield, your excee...
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HE THAT IS EIGHT DAYS OLD:
_ Heb._ a son of eight days...
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7-14 The covenant of grace is from everlasting in the counsels of it,
and to everlasting in the consequences of it. The token of the
covenant was circumcision. It is here said to be the covenant whic...
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EIGHT DAYS; not before that time, because of the child's weakness and
imperfection, and impurity too, EXODUS 22:30 LEVITICUS 12:3, for which
reason also beasts were not to be offered to God before the...
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Here we have God's remedy for Abraham's failure set before us." And
when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared unto
Abram, and said unto him, I am the _ Almighty God:_ walk before _ m...
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Genesis 17:12 eight H8083 days H3117 old H1121 circumcised H4135
(H8735) child H2145 generations H1755 born H3211
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CONTENTS: The revelation of God. Abram's name changed. Covenant
confirmed. Circumcision established. Promise of Isaac.
CHARACTERS: God, Abram, Isaac, Sarah, Ishmael.
CONCLUSION: When man is in the d...
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Genesis 17:1. _The Almighty God._ The original word Shaddai is often
rendered, All-sufficient. He is so called because he sheds down
blessings as the rain.
Genesis 17:2. _My covenant;_ so called becau...
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_Every man child among you shall be circumcised_
THE COVENANT SEAL
I. ITS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE.
1. It taught the natural depravity of man.
2. It taught the necessity of purification.
3. It taug...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 17:12 EIGHT DAYS OLD. To ensure that the
covenant extends to the next generation, all newborn male children are
to be circumcised eight days after they are born. The covenant i...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 17:1 Thirteen years after the birth of
Ishmael, the Lord appears to Abram and announces that he will
establish an eternal covenant with Abram and his offspring. Abram will
beco...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 17:10. My Covenant.] The outward sign is here called the
Covenant, for it is the seal set upon the Covenant. The same mode of
expression is used in Acts 7:8. Also, in the Lord...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 17:1
AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY YEARS OLD AND NINE—consequently an
interval of thirteen years had elapsed since the birth of Ishmael; the
long delay on the part of God being probabl...
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Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old (Genesis 17:1),
So this is another thirteen years later.
the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am Almighty God
(Genesis 17:1);
El Shaddai. So her...
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he that is eight days old. Heb. a son of eight days. Genesis 21:4
Leviticus 12:3 Luke 1:59 Luke 2:21...
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ABRAM AND SARAI GREATLY ENLARGED
Genesis 17:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have passed by the sixteenth chapter of Genesis, it behooves us,
therefore, to give some striking suggestions relative to Sarai a...