Genesis 17:9

God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

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KJV

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

ASV

And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

YLT

And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

DBT

AndGod said to Abraham, And [as for] thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

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God said again to Abraham: And you shall therefore keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations; this is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised; …

Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735patristic

Related commentary

And God said unto Abraham, thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,.... Observe the sign or token of it, circumcision, in the manner after related: thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations; in successive ages until the Messiah come, the end of the law for righteousness.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Now, (1.) Circumcision was a bloody ordinance; for all things by the law were purged with blood, Heb. ix. But, the blood of Christ being shed, all bloody ordinances are now abolished; circumcision therefore gives way to baptism. (2.) It was peculiar to the males, though the women were also included in the covenant, for the man is the head of the woman.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse — and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

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5 linked verses

The verses this one reaches5

Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Psalms 103:18
to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
Acts 3:25
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Isaiah 56:4–5
For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
Psalms 25:10
All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…

Featured studyThe CovenantsAbrahamic — sign of circumcision.

The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 25:10
All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
leads to
- James 5:11
  See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalms 40:11
  O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
- Hebrews 8:8–12
  But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of…
- John 1:17
  For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Through
Psalms 103:18
to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:9
  Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
- Luke 1:6
  Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Psalms 132:12
  If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

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