And the narrator says:
“And to all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger were to be circumcised with him.” Genesis 17, passage 27.
Then again this is an example of another covenant among God and his so called disciple, Abraham. Covenants are somehow more recurrent now after the throwing out of Eve and Adam. My guess is probably because after the deception of these individuals a set promise must be made, assuring that neither God nor the other part of the covenant break the deal. Making it stable and “easier” to carry through.
If you refer to the initial citation you can see an example of the covenant among Abraham and God making a sacrifice of skin to keep the covenant alive and running.
Continuing to the following chapters in Genesis, one sees how God carry’s through with the covenant, again when he makes promise of delivering a son to Sarah, he carries through despite her old age. He makes Abraham live through the obstacle of the “stealing” king.
Lot fulfilling his duty to the city, is reluctant to go :
“And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken”. Genesis -Chapter 19. 21.
“And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken”. Genesis -Chapter 19. 21.
In this passage we also see the will power and loyalty to a belief from a rather interesting individual. What surprises me is that the devotion, for once, is not towards God but towards a holy place for Lot. He does not leave the city to save himself as other did but he stays because he promised loyalty to it, and he shall die with it if necessary.
This surprises me because he had the correct principles to match with God in a way, but he gently let him down. Lot thought for himself and that is highly appreciated.
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