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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin,.... Or "the foreskin of your flesh" (u); by an hypallage (v), the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 17:1-27
- The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday, Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And it shall be a token - לאות leoth, for a sign of spiritual things; for the circumcision made in the flesh was…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 17:7-14
Here is, I. The continuance of the covenant, intimated in three things: - 1. It is established; not to be altered nor…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a token i.e. an outward sign. Cf. the rainbow which was the token of the covenant of Noah, Gen 9:12-13.
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