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Verse Genesis 17:14. _THE UNCIRCUMCISED - SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS
PEOPLE_] By being cut off some have imagined that a sudden temporal
death was implied; but the simple meaning seems to be that such...
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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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SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Figure of speech _Synecdoche,_ for
person....
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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...
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THE UNCIRCUMCISED MAN-CHILD, &C.— It seems to follow very plainly
from the foregoing verses, as well as from this, that nobody could
possibly belong to Abraham's family who did not submit to this rite...
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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 THE UNCIRCUMCISED MAN CHILD WHOSE FLESH OF HIS FORESKIN IS NOT
CIRCUMCISED, THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE; HE HATH
BROKEN MY COVENANT._
The uncircumcised man-child ... shall be cut...
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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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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 a...
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SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE. — Jewish commentators generally
consider that this penalty consisted in the offender being left to the
direct interposition of God, who would punish him with childles...
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וְ עָרֵ֣ל ׀ זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא
־יִמֹּול֙ אֶת ־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָתֹ֔ו וְ
נִכְרְתָ֛ה הַ נֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַ...
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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 the uncircumcised (e) man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.
(e) Though women were not circumcised, they...
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Circumcised. Septuagint adds, "on the eighth day," with the Samaritan
and many Latin copies. (Calmet) --- Destroyed, &c. lose the privileges
of the Hebrews, or be put to death, when he grows up and do...
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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...
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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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14._And the uncircumcised man-child _In order that circumcision might
be the more attended to, God denounces a severe punishment on any one
who should neglect it. And as this shows God’s great care fo...
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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 THE UNCIRCUMCISED MAN CHILD, WHOSE FLESH OF HIS FORESKIN IS NOT
CIRCUMCISED,.... Whose circumcision was neglected by his father, or by
his mother, or by the civil magistrate, or by himself; for ea...
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And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.
Ver. 14. _That soul shall be cut off._] From th...
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Gen. 17:14. "That soul shall be cut off from his people." This and
other parallel texts in the Law of Moses are not necessarily to be
understood of death. It is very agreeable to the use of such
expre...
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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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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 exce...
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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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AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED MAN-CHILD; or rather, _and as for the
uncircumcised man-child._ So the nominative is put absolutely, as is
frequent in the Hebrew tongue. WHOSE FLESH OF HIS FORESKIN IS NOT
CIRCU...
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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 17:14 uncircumcised H6189 child H2145 who H834 circumcised
H4135 (H8735) flesh H1320 foreskin H6190 person H5315 off H3772
(H8738) people H5971 broken H6565 (H8689) covenant H1285
cut - Exodus...
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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 beca...
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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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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 Lor...
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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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cut. Exodus 4:24 Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:19 Exodus 30:33 Exodus 30:38
Leviticus 7:20 Leviticus 7:21 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 7:27 Levi
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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...