Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. I — Section 141
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would not have made Adam uncircumcised ; would not have had respect to the gifts of Abel when, being uncircumcised, he offered sacrifice ; and would not have been pleased with the uncir- cumcision of Enoch, who was not found, because God hatl translated him. I^t, being uncircum- cised, was saved from Sodom, the angels them- selves and the Lord sending him out. Noah was the beginning of our race ; yet, uncircum- cised, along with his children he went into the ark. Melchizedek, the priest of the Most High, was uncircumcised ; to whom also Abraham, the first who received circumcision …
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