By Elimu Assistant Team 
Concerning Genesis 17:10-17, outline five instructions given by God to Abraham concerning Jewish circumcision.
- Every male among his descendants had to be circumcised
- They would be circumcised by cutting the flesh of the foreskin
- Circumcision would take place when a boy was 8 days old
- All the male servants of Abraham had to be circumcised
- It would be a symbol of an everlasting covenant between God and Abraham’s descendants
- Any male who was not circumcised would be cut off from Abraham’s descendants
