Gen 17:23-27, Deu 4:9-10, 6:6-7, 11:19-21, 32:46, Jos 24:15, 1Ch 28:9 | ESV | STEP | Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money , every male among the men of Abraham’s house , and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day , as God had said to him.

q[See ver. 14 above]

r Ex. 23:24, 32, 33; 34:15; Deut. 13:7; 29:18; Judg. 6:10

Genesis 17:23-27

23 Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. 27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Deuteronomy 4:9-10

9 ^a“Only take care, and ^bkeep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. ^cMake them known to your children and your children’s children— 10 how on ^dthe day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ^e‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, ^fso that they may learn to fear ^gme all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

6 And ^hthese words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 ⁱYou shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Deuteronomy 11:19-21

19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 20 ^jYou shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 ^kthat your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, ^las long as the heavens are above the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:46

46 he said to them, ^m“Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, ⁿthat you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.

Joshua 24:15

15 ^oAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, ^pchoose this day whom you will serve, whether ^qthe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or ^rthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. ^sBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^twhole heart and with a willing mind, ^ufor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^vIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.