Genesis 17:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. ”

• Genesis 17:11 - 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 17:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 17:11 - 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 17:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 righteous...

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• Genesis 17:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And it shall be a token - לאות leoth, for a sign of spiritual things; for the circumcis...

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• Genesis 17:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 17:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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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• Genesis 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 17:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 th...

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• Genesis 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 else...

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• Genesis 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - 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 17:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Circumcision Instituted

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• Genesis 17:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  the flesh. Exodus 4:25 Joshua 5:3 1 Samuel 18:25-27 2 Samuel 3:14 a token. Acts 7:8 Romans 4:11

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• Genesis 17:11 - 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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