In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
Voices2
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. This is repeated, that it might be taken notice of that both were circumcised according to the command of God, and on the very day in which it was given.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
This is a good example to masters of families; they and their houses must serve the Lord. Though God's covenant was not established with Ishmael, yet he was circumcised; for children of believing parents, as such, have a right to the privileges of the visible church, and the seals of the covenant, whatever they may prove afterwards.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches4
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
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Psalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
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For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
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