Genesis 17:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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, the...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Figure of speech Synecdoche, for person.
Genesis 17:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 grea...
Genesis 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - shall be cut off from his p...
Genesis 17:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 th...
Genesis 17:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 b...
Genesis 17:14 - 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 .
Genesis 17:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 child...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Genesis 17:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 c...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - 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....
Genesis 17:14 - 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...
Genesis 17:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Circumcision Instituted
Genesis 17:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

cut. Exodus 4:24-26 Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:19 Exodus 30:33 Exodus 30:38 Leviticus 7:20 Leviticus 7:21 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 7:27 Leviticus 18:29 Leviticus 19:8 Numbers 15:30...
Genesis 17:14 - 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...

Genesis 17:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 17:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 17:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 17:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 17:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 17:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 17:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 17:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 17:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 17:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 17:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 17:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 17:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 17:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary