Quotes about Tradition
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
— Genesis 17:26
And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
— Genesis 17:27
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
— Genesis 27:17
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
— Genesis 28:8
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
— Genesis 29:26
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
— Genesis 31:46
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
— Genesis 31:47
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
— Genesis 32:32
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
— Genesis 34:14
We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
— Genesis 34:15
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
— Genesis 48:18
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
— Exodus 4:25