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Genesis 17:10

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

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ASV

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.

KJV

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
זֹ֣אתzotthisH2063 →
בְּרִיתִ֞יbe.ri.Ti[is] covenant myH1285 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תִּשְׁמְר֗וּtish.me.Ruyou will keepH8104 →
בֵּינִי֙bei.Nibetween meH996 →
וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םu.Vei.nei.Khemand between youH996 →
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
זַרְעֲךָ֖zar.'a.Khaoffspring yourH2233 →
אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaafter youH310 →
הִמּ֥וֹלhi.Molthey will be circumcisedH4135 →
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemof you
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
זָכָֽר׃za.KharmaleH2145 →

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Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.Colossians 2:11–12In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.Acts 7:8Then 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.Romans 4:9–11Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.Galatians 5:3–6Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.Joshua 5:2At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”Genesis 17:11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—1 Corinthians 7:18–19Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.Romans 3:30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—Galatians 6:12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.Joshua 5:4Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.Romans 2:28A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.Romans 3:28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

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About Genesis

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