When looking at Abram's pleading in Genesis 17 one might ask why wouldn't God use Ismael? Was he less? Ismael wasn't less and the fact that God said He would bless him says as much, but Ismael was the result of Abram and Sarai trying in their own wisdom to fulfill God's promise. God wasn't going to fulfill his promise and eventually bring the Messiah through human planning and scheming. God was going to be the only one who could take credit for what was coming.
There are times I think in our lives when we try to do things and then ask God to bless them. We may be surprised when it doesn't happen that way. I believe that though God does promise to work all things together for good for those who trust Him, but He won't bring his miracles through our planning and scheming.
Why circumcision? It has been shown that for women there is less chance of cancer. There are also other health reasons. It also requires a deliberate choice that could never be hidden except of course by clothes, but when the act of procreation takes place it absolutely isn't. For now, that's all I want to consider on this subject.
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