what did god say to abraham about circumcision?
Cave of the Patriarchs
entailment
 Though secular scholars consider the story to be literary and not historical , circumcision features prominently in the Hebrew Bible . The narrative in Genesis chapter 17 describes the circumcision of Abraham and his relatives and slaves . In the same chapter , Abraham 's descendants are commanded to circumcise their sons on the eighth day of life as part of a covenant with God . 

entailment
 On the eighth day from his birth , Isaac was circumcised , as was necessary for all males of Abraham 's household , in order to be in compliance with Yahweh 's covenant . 

contradiction
 thereby making Jesus declare that he would not eat meat during the Passover . The immediate context suggests the possible attribution of the quotation to a Clementine source ; however a linkage between the gospel fragments and the Clementine literature remains uncertain . 

neutral
 In addition to proposing that circumcision was taken up by the Israelites purely as a religious mandate , scholars have suggested that Judaism 's patriarchs and their followers adopted circumcision to make penile hygiene easier in hot , sandy climates ; as a rite of passage into adulthood ; or as a form of blood sacrifice . 

contradiction
 In the Epistle to the Hebrews , Abraham 's willingness to follow God 's command to sacrifice Isaac is used as an example of faith as is Isaac 's action in blessing Jacob and Esau with reference to the future promised by God to Abraham In verse 19 , the author views the release of Isaac from sacrifice as analogous to the resurrection of Jesus , the idea of the sacrifice of Isaac being a prefigure of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross . 
