26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. …
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-27)We have here Abraham’s obedience to the law of circumcision. He himself and all his family were circumcised, so receiving the token of the covenant and distinguishing themselves from other families, that had no part nor lot in the matter. 1. It was an implicit obedience: He did as God had said to him , and did not ask why or wherefore. God’s will was not only a law to him, but a reason; he did it…
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