And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
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Gill's Exposition
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision,.... Or the covenant, of which circumcision was a sign or token, Gen 17:11. Stephen speaks here in the language of the Jews, who are wont to speak of…
Barnes' Notes
And he gave him - That is, God appointed or commanded this, Gen 17:9-13. The covenant - The word “covenant” denotes properly “a compact or agreement between two or more persons,” usually attended with…
Adam Clarke
He gave him the covenant of circumcision - That is, he instituted the rite of circumcision, as a sign of that covenant which he had made with him and his posterity. See Gen 17:10, etc.
And so Abraham…
Stephen is now at the bar before the great council of the nation, indicted for blasphemy: what the witnesses swore against him we had an account of in the foregoing chapter, that he spoke blasphemous…
Cambridge Bible
the covenant of circumcision Given the year before Isaac was born (Gen 17:21).
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