Circum... WHAT!

I stumbled over this post whilst meandering through the web...

It made me wonder about the time when God first instructed Abraham about the sign of the covenant that he was going to enter into with him and his decendants.

Just as the father in the blog had the awkward job of telling his son what circumcision was, i'm curious if the same thing happened between God and Abe.

Do we miss an important chunk of Genesis 17?

I imagine the conversation may have gone...

GOD: This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

Abe: Ok. What does that mean?

GOD: The nation that will be from you will make a covenant of the flesh that will be everlasting.

Abe: Sure. How?

GOD: They will remove the skin from around the tip of their penis.

Abe: Huh? Really?

GOD: It will represent the seperation that will happen if this does not occour.

Abe: Oh. When will this happen?

GOD: To all males when they are eight days old.

Abe: Then i'm off the hook.

GOD: No.

ABE: But i'm 99 years old!

GOD: So...

Abe: Does it apply to anyone else?

GOD: It will apply to you, your desendants, as well as every male in your household.

Abe: They will be easily convinced...

GOD: This is the covenant we are entering into.

Abe: How about something else? A tattoo? Shaving our heads? Cutting up some animals? Removing something else? A foot perhaps?

GOD: No. Now gather the blokes and fetch your flint knife.

I imagine that Abraham was stopped in his tracks when he was told, at the age of 99 he would be losing a bit of his... never mind.