Our second study of the Abrahamic covenant, and the institution of circumcision among the Hebrews. With this covenant, God renewed His promise of an heir – Isaac – to Abraham and Sarah.
God reiterates His promise of an heir to Abraham and Sarah whose descendants will inherit the land of Canaan. God establishes circumcision as the seal of His covenant with Abraham.
This is now the third time God promised Canaan and the surrounding region to Abram’s descendants. God now clarifies that promise, and also promises Abram an heir to inherit the promise. God formalized the promise with the cutting of a covenant between Himself and Abram. Abram’s faith in God’s promise was credited to him as righteousness.
