Sastra Bait Kedua Kejadian 17:14: The Midrash

וְעָרֵ֣ל ׀ זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר׃ (ס)

Adapun laki-laki yang tidak bersunat, yang tidak menyunat kulit khatannya, orang itu akan dilenyapkan dari antara bangsanya; ia telah melanggar perjanjian-Ku.”

The Midrash of Philo

Why is it that he pronounces a sentence of death on an infant, saying, "Every male child who is not circumcised, who has not been circumcised (or, as the Greek has it, who shall not be circumcised) in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be cut off from his generation?"(Genesis 17:14).
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