וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃
At matapos mawasak ang aking balat, ito pa ay dinurog; at mula sa aking laman ay makikita ko ang Diyos.
Bereshit Rabbah
“After my skin, this was struck [nikfu], and from my flesh I will view God” (Job 19:26) – Abraham said: After I circumcised myself, many proselytes came to attach themselves2Nikfu is related to mukaf, meaning attached to. to this covenant. “And from my flesh I will view God” – had I not done this, on what basis would the Holy One blessed be He have appeared to me? “The Lord appeared to him.”