Genesis 17:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. ”

• Genesis 17:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - 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 time...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (c) This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. (c) Circumcision is called the covenant, because it signif...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  10. Every man-child among you shall be circumcised Although God promised alike to males and females, what he afterwards sanctioned by circumcision, he nevertheless consecrated, in one sex, t...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 27 CIRCUMCISION OF ABRAHAM Genesis 17:9-10 . And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. This is my covenant...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. Every man - child - shall be circumcised - Those who wish to in...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. Every man-child ... circumcised. This was the sign in the...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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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• Genesis 17:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Shall be circumcised. — It is stated by Herodotus (Book ii. 104) that the Egyptians were circumcised, and that the Syrians in Palestine confessed that they learned this practice from the Egyptians....

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• Genesis 17:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE COVENANT SEALED Genesis 17:1-27 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...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  God's Covenant with Abraham Genesis 17:1-14 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...

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• Genesis 17:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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, whic...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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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• Genesis 17:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  This [is] my covenant ,.... The token of it, for the promise itself was given before, which is more properly the covenant; circumcision is so called in an improper sense, being only the sign of it:...

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• Genesis 17:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. Ver. 10. Every man-child among you. ] Infants were circumcis...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The token of the covenant is circumcision, for the sake of which, the covenant is itself called the covenant of circumcision, Acts 7:8 . It is here said to be the covenant which Abraham and his se...

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• Genesis 17:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 e...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.   8 And I w...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Circumcision is here called the covenant by a usual metonomy, because it is the condition, sign, and seal of the covenant, the pledge of God's promise and man's duty. And upon the same grounds the...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘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 see...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Genesis 17:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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....

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• Genesis 17:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 b...

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• Genesis 17:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Circumcision Instituted

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• Genesis 17:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Every. Genesis 17:11 Genesis 34:15 Exodus 4:25 Exodus 12:48 Deuteronomy 10:16 Deuteronomy 30:6 Joshua 5:2 Joshua 5:4 Jeremiah 4:4 Jeremiah 9:25 Jeremiah 9:26 Acts 7:8 Romans...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Abram and Sarai Greatly Enlarged Genesis 17:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have passed by the sixteenth chapter of Genesis, it behooves us, therefore, to give some striking suggestions relative to...

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• Genesis 17:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The token of the covenant, is circumcision, for the sake of which the covenant is itself called the covenant of circumcision, Acts 7:8 . It is here said to be the covenant which Abraham and his se...

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