You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
  1. שׁדי shaday — Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to create, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin—this command would at first sight appear very strange and unaccountable. The subject being …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin
Or "the foreskin of your flesh" F21 ; by an hypallage F22<…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The covenant of grace is from everlasting in its eternal plan, and to everlasting in its consequences. The token of the covenant was circumcision. …

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