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Genesis 17:23 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Genesis 17:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 17 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.”
Genesis 17:23 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
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Cross-References for Genesis 17:23
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“and not delay”
“which you shall keep”
“to the end that he may command his children and his household after him”
“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
“his son”
“if you are a doer of the law”
“and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised”
“Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.”
“or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.”
“and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.”