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Catholic 1849 · Haydock’s Catholic Bible Commentary, Genesis 17:23

George Leo Haydock, on Gen 17:23

George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Gen 17:23 · Douay-Rheims
“And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were born in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house: and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him.”
On this verse:
“His house. All were kept in such good order by their master, that none was found unwilling to submit, if indeed it was left to their choice. (Haydock) — Abraham loses no time in complying with God’s commands. (Menochius)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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