Every male in his household is to be circumcised including the males he has purchased.
Abram and Hagar produce the controversial character Ishmael.
As their herds of livestock begin to increase in number the headers of both men start to argue.
When one follows God they must be willing to lay down all that they hold valuable in their heart. Abram had to give up his native land and the friends he had made their.
This passage accounts for the clans of Noah’s sons and their dispersion amongst the earth.
God sealed this covenant with rainbow. He or she vowed never to destroy the world by flood again. This still leaves to question if God considers it fair play to destroy the Earth by other means.
God offers Noah the promise that he or she will never destroy the earth and all her life again.