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}}</ref> Child circumcision did not become firmly established in Israel until after [[Gilgal]] in 1604 BCE, more than two centuries after the death of Abraham. According to Glick, the priests gained control after the Babylonian captivity, which ended in 538 BCE and at that time the changes were made to Genesis Chapter Seventeen.<ref name="glick2005" /> Glick suggests that the choice to require circumcision of infants infant boys may have been because the boys cannot put up resistance. <ref name="glick2005" /> It is clear that the alleged covenant that required circumcision of male infants on the eighth day was a later fabrication and did not come from God.