...everlasting covenant. "And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.' "And God said unto Abraham: 'As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall...

...great sense. Yahweh 's instructions to Abraham are within the context of maintaining the covenant: "And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his...cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant" (Gen. 17:14). Circumcision is a real physical act, an intentional offering to God of a piece of flesh,...

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...people were cut off from this covenant. In 17:14 God said to Abraham, "And the uncircumcised man-child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that...off from his people; he hath broken my covenant." This is true today. If we do not live a crucified life, we are cut off from Christ, from the church...

...or bought with money of any stranger which is not of thy seed. . . . And the uncircumcised man-child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that...cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. . . . And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought...

...of thy seed. . . . And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant. (Gen. 17: 10-14) Rabbinic commentaries on this passage insist on the genital location and physical...

...in y covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant 14 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that...off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah...

...be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised manchild the flesh 14 of whose foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. And GOD 15 said to Avraham, As for Saray thy wife, thou shalt not call her...

...money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his...cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. And God said unto Abraham, as for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall...

...faith on the part of the parent. Then comes its importance. "And the uncircumcised man child . . . shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant" (17:14). If a parent neglected to have a child circumcised, it was the child's responsibility to get...