John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 17:23
Gen 17:23 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. Ver. 23. Abraham took Ishmael. ] To make the other more willing. Circumcised the flesh. ] Not regarding the affliction, danger, scandal, shame of the action in the eyes of the world. read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 17:22
Gen 17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. Ver. 22. And he left off talking with him. ] As man with his friend. Such honour have all his saints. Oh, speak it when I am gone, and preach it at my funeral, God dealeth familiarly with man, said that heavenly spark, now ready to be extinct a St Paul calls prayer εντευξιν , an entreparlance with God, 1Ti 2:1 and επερωτημα , the confident interrogatory or rejoinder of a good conscience toward God. 1Pe 3:21 The Persian... read more