Gen 17:22-27 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 17:22-27 (NET)

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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. 17:27 All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abraham a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

· Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,father of Zebadiah, governor of Judah under Jehoshaphat,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Jehohanan,a priest of the Pashur clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Nethaniah; a militia leader who assasinated Gedaliah

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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.

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.

NET Notes: Gen 17:24 Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).

NET Notes: Gen 17:25 Heb “the son of thirteen years.”

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