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Text -- Genesis 17:1-26 (NET)
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The Sign of the Covenant
17:1 When Abram was 99 years old , the Lord appeared to him and said , “I am the sovereign God . Walk before me and be blameless .
17:2 Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants .”
17:3 Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
17:4 “As for me , this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations .
17:5 No longer will your name be Abram . Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations .
17:6 I will make you extremely fruitful . I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
17:7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations . I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
17:8 I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession . I will be their God .”
17:9 Then God said to Abraham , “As for you , you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations .
17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep : Every male among you must be circumcised .
17:11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins . This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
17:12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised , whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants .
17:13 They must indeed be circumcised , whether born in your house or bought with money . The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder .
17:14 Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people – he has failed to carry out my requirement .”
17:15 Then God said to Abraham , “As for your wife , you must no longer call her Sarai ; Sarah will be her name .
17:16 I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations . Kings of countries will come from her!”
17:17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself , “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety ?”
17:18 Abraham said to God , “O that Ishmael might live before you!”
17:19 God said , “No , Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son , and you will name him Isaac . I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
17:20 As for Ishmael , I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful , and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes ; I will make him into a great nation .
17:21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac , whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year .”
17:22 When he finished speaking with Abraham , God went up from him.
17:23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money ) and circumcised them on that very same day , just as God had told him to do.
17:24 Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised ;
17:25 his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised .
17:26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Abraham |
Circumcision |
Covenant |
GENESIS, 3 |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Religion |
AGRARIAN LAWS |
Works, Covenant of |
COVENANT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Children |
Ishmael |
Foreskin |
Isaac |
Barreess |
Sarah |
Prophecy |
Money |
ISHMAEL (1) |
MAKE, MAKER |
REVELATION, 1-2 |
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NET Notes -> Gen 17:1; Gen 17:1; Gen 17:1; Gen 17:1; Gen 17:1; Gen 17:1; Gen 17:2; Gen 17:2; Gen 17:3; Gen 17:3; Gen 17:4; Gen 17:4; Gen 17:5; Gen 17:5; Gen 17:5; Gen 17:6; Gen 17:6; Gen 17:6; Gen 17:7; Gen 17:7; Gen 17:7; Gen 17:8; Gen 17:8; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:10; Gen 17:10; Gen 17:11; Gen 17:12; Gen 17:13; Gen 17:13; Gen 17:13; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:15; Gen 17:15; Gen 17:16; Gen 17:16; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:18; Gen 17:18; Gen 17:19; Gen 17:19; Gen 17:20; Gen 17:20; Gen 17:20; Gen 17:22; Gen 17:22; Gen 17:23; Gen 17:23; Gen 17:24; Gen 17:24; Gen 17:25
NET Notes: Gen 17:1 There are two imperatives here: “walk…and be blameless [or “perfect”].” The second imperative may be purely sequential (...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:3 Heb “God spoke to him, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:5 The perfect verbal form is used here in a rhetorical manner to emphasize God’s intention.
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NET Notes: Gen 17:9 Heb “my covenant.” The Hebrew word בְּרִית (bÿrit) can refer to (1) the agreement itself be...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:10 For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the ...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:14 Heb “he has broken my covenant.” The noun בְּרִית (bÿrit) here refers to the obligation req...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:15 Sarah. The name change seems to be a dialectical variation, both spellings meaning “princess” or “queen.” Like the name Abram,...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:20 For a discussion of the Hebrew word translated “princes,” see E. A. Speiser, “Background and Function of the Biblical Nasi’,...
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NET Notes: Gen 17:22 God went up from him. The text draws attention to God’s dramatic exit and in so doing brings full closure to the scene.
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NET Notes: Gen 17:23 Heb “circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.” The Hebrew expression is somewhat pleonastic and has been simplified in the translation.
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