## Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Lech Lecha

###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Lech Lecha 25:1
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ויאמר אליו אני אל שדי (בראשית יז א) דיה הערלה, עד עכשיו היתה הערלה נוהגת, אבל המילה היתה נצפנת, דיו לעולם שאני אלהיו.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Gen. 17:1, cont.:) AND HE SAID UNTO HIM: I AM GOD ALMIGHTY (*'L ShDY*).¹⁰⁹ to mean GOD WHO IS ENOUGH. Enough (*DY*) of foreskin! Up to now foreskin has been customary, but circumcision has been concealed. It is enough (*DY*) for the world that I am his God.

footnotes:
¹⁰⁹ The midrash understands ’L ShDY


###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Lech Lecha 25:2
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ד"א אני אל שדי, אמר ר' אבהו כיון שברא הקב"ה את עולמו, ברא את השמים ואת הארץ, ואמר להם שיהיו נמתחים והולכים, שנאמר וימתחם כאהל לשבת (ישעיה מ כב) אילולי שאמר להם די, היו נמתחים והולכים עד שיחיו המתים, אמר לו הקב"ה לאברהם, אני הוא שאמרתי לעולמי די, כך אומר לערלה די.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
Another interpretation (of Gen. 17:1): I AM GOD ALMIGHTY ('*L ShDY*). R. Abbahu said: When the Holy One created his world, he created the heavens and the earth.¹¹⁰. 12a; Gen. R. 46:3; *PRE* 3; above, 1:11; below, 10:12, 16. Then he told them that they should continue to spread out, as stated (in Is. 40:22): WHO HAS STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS LIKE A CURTAIN AND SPREAD THEM OUT LIKE A TENT TO DWELL IN. If he had not said: Enough! to them, they would have continued to be spread out until the dead rise (at the end of time). What the Holy One said to Abraham was : I am the one who said to my world: Enough (*DY*)! So also he says to foreskin: Enough!

footnotes:
¹¹⁰ Hag


###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Lech Lecha 25:3
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התהלך לפני (בראשית שם). עד שלא מל לא אמר התהלך לפני, למה שהיה ערל, משמל אמר התהלך לפני, עד שלא מל לא היה שלם, משמל נעשם שלם.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Gen. 17:1, cont.:) WALK BEFORE ME AND BE PERFECT . Before he performed circumcision, the Holy One never said: WALK BEFORE ME. Why? Because he was uncircumcised. After he performed circumcision, the Holy One said: WALK BEFORE ME. Before he performed circumcision, he was not whole. After he performed circumcision, he became whole.