Reading for February 27th

Read Genesis 21.1-7 The birth of Isaac. 
At long last, the LORD begins to fulfill the promises of a great nation
and many descendants
(12.2; 15.5) through the birth of Isaac.
In verse 4 circumcision is the ritual cutting off of the foreskin of the male penis.
It is a physical sign of a male's belonging to God's covenant people (17.9-14).
The verse 6 the words laughter and laugh ("tshq") are puns on the child's name Isaac
("yitshaq") in v. 4.
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