Genesis 17:11 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם	u.ne.mal.Tem	and you will be circumcised	H4135 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּשַׂ֣ר	be.Sar	[the] flesh of	H1320 →
עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם	'a.re.lat.Khem	foreskin your	H6190 →
וְהָיָה֙	ve.ha.Yah	and it will become	H1961 →
לְא֣וֹת	le.'ot	<into> a sign of	H226 →
בְּרִ֔ית	be.Rit	[the] covenant	H1285 →
בֵּינִ֖י	bei.Ni	between me	H996 →
וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃	u.vei.nei.Khem	and between you	H996 →

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

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Where the connections lead

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
Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:4
  Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to…
- Deuteronomy 30:6
  The 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.
- Leviticus 26:41
  and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
- Colossians 2:11
  In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
- Romans 2:28–29
  A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
Through
Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but…
leads to
- Romans 3:22
  And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Luke 19:9
  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
Through
Exodus 12:48
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be…
leads to
- Numbers 9:14
  If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Exodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.Genesis 9:12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.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.Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.Genesis 17:10This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.Exodus 12:48If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.1 Samuel 18:25–27Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.Exodus 4:25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.Joshua 5:3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.2 Samuel 3:14Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”Exodus 31:16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.Genesis 34:14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

A covenant thread
Romans 4:11
Paul reads circumcision as 'a seal of the righteousness of the faith' Abraham already had - the covenant sign subordinated to faith.
quote-explicit; Horton06 (cite-only)
A sign of the covenant
Strong's H1285
Abrahamic covenant sign: circumcision, 'a token of the covenant betwixt me and you' (Gen 17:9-14). Arc 2 sign = circumcision.
text (Gen 17:11, PD)

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