This week we look at a re-affirmation of the Abrahamic covenant and the addition of an outward sign to set apart those who follow God and his covenant, circumcision. We see God change Abram’s name to Abraham as well as Sarai changed to Sarah. We also see God confirm that the covenant will come through Sarah and not Hagar (though God does promise to bless Ishmael and his descendants). Dave does take a tangent to explain the story of Gen 34 in which Abraham's great-grandsons, Simeon & Levi, use circumcision as a means of military advantage over the Schechemites for what Schechem does to their sister Dinah (it is a tangent but it does relate to today's topic). We conclude with a discussion on the question of if we today should circumcise our sons or not.
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