"Sixth Dynasty (2345 - 2181 BC) tomb artwork in Egypt is thought to be the oldest documentary evidence of circumcision, the most ancient depiction being a bas-relief from the necropolis at (ca. 2400 B.C) with the inscription reading "Hold him and do not allow him to faint".
The Egyptian Book of the Dead, for example, tells of the sun god Ra performing a , whose blood created two minor guardian deities."
But Jews of course got it from Abraham ho got the command from Yahweh-El
Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
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and on the side note, Abraham had slaves (bought with money), and the command applied to slaves bought in the future, i.e. slavery was a good, God-approved thing (as long as Jews were slave-owners, and not vice versa).
The Egyptian Book of the Dead, for example, tells of the sun god Ra performing a , whose blood created two minor guardian deities."
But Jews of course got it from Abraham ho got the command from Yahweh-El
Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
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and on the side note, Abraham had slaves (bought with money), and the command applied to slaves bought in the future, i.e. slavery was a good, God-approved thing (as long as Jews were slave-owners, and not vice versa).
I liked the parts where these old yahoodies tolchock each other and then drink their Hebrew vino, and getting onto the bed with their wives' handmaidens.
