Genesis 17:11

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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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...
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 circumc...
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 reaso...
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 trea...
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,...
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...
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 .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The flesh of your foreskin ] better, 'the foreskin of your flesh.'
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'...
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 d...
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 A...
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, th...
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 performe...
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 th...
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...
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...
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...
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 t...
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 m...
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 t...
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....
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 bir...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Circumcision Instituted
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt Me and you.
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
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, theref...

¹¹ And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 17:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 17:11