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Verse Genesis 17:11. _AND IT SHALL BE A TOKEN_] לאות _leoth_, for
a sign of spiritual things; for the circumcision made in the flesh was
designed to signify the purification of the heart from all
unr...
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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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_a token_ i.e. an outward sign. Cf. the rainbow which was the token of
the covenant of Noah, Genesis 9:12-13....
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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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A TOKEN OF THE COVENANT, &C.— Here circumcision is called a _token,_
as before it was called the _covenant;_ so the Paschal Lamb is called
the _Passover of the Lord,_ Exodus 11:10 of which it was only...
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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 YE SHALL CIRCUMCISE THE FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN; AND IT SHALL BE A
TOKEN OF THE COVENANT BETWIXT ME AND YOU._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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THE FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN] better, 'the foreskin of your flesh.'...
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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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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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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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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your (d) foreskin; and it shall
be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
(d) That private part is circumcised, to show that all that is
begotten by man is c...
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You shall, either by yourselves, or by the ministry of others, with
respect to infants. That part of the body was chosen, because the
effects of sin first appeared there; and because a part of the
Heb...
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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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11._Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin _Very strange and
unaccountable would this command at first sight appear. The subject
treated of, is the sacred covenant, in which righteousness, sal...
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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 YE SHALL CIRCUMCISE THE FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN,.... Or "the
foreskin of your flesh" u; by an hypallage v, the manner in which this
was performed may be seen in the Jewish writers w, as well as the...
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a
token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Ver. 11. _It shall be a token of the covenant._] It seals up nothing
then to those that...
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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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Circumcision Instituted...
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a
token of the covenant betwixt Me and you....
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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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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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THE FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN, i.e. by a usual hypallage, _the foreskin
of your flesh; _ and the word _flesh_ is here put for the genital
part, as it is LEVITICUS 15:2,19 EZE 16:26 23:20, and elsewhere....
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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 17:11 circumcised H5243 (H8804) flesh H1320 foreskins H6190
sign H226 covenant H1285
the flesh -...
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‘And God said to Abraham, “And as for you, you will keep my
covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
This is my covenant that you shall keep between me and you and your
seed...
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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 17:1 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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 17:11 YOU SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH
OF YOUR FORESKINS. Circumcision, cutting off the foreskin of the
penis, creates a mark that would not normally be visible to others....
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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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the flesh. Exodus 4:25 Joshua 5:3 1 Samuel 18:25 2 Samuel 3:14 a
token. Acts 7:8
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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...