Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant, which you must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you must be circumcised.
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Genesis 17:23Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.
Genesis 21:4and when he was eight days old he circumcised him as God had told him to.
Genesis 34:22Only on this condition will these men consent to settle with us to become one people, namely, that every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Joshua 5:4Joshua circumcised them for this reason: all who had left Egypt, all the male warriors, had died during the journey through the desert after leaving Egypt.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:8-15
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 will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep,… Read the whole commentary →