The Covenant of Circumcision
Genesis 17:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
- KJV
- ¶ And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
- WEB
- God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout 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.
- LSV
- And God says to Abraham, “And you keep My covenant, you and your seed after you, throughout their generations;
- YLT
- And God saith unto Abraham, 'And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;
- DBY
- And God said to Abraham, And [as for] thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.Elohim
- DRC
- Again God said to Abraham: And thou therefore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
- GNV
- Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.
- JPS
- And God said unto Abraham: 'And as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
- LXXE
- And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָ לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Ἁβραὰμ, σὺ δὲ τὴν. διαθήκην μου διατηρήσεις, σὺ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σὲ εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CircumcisionAbrahamCovenantWorks, Covenant ofInForeskinAgrarian LawsCovenant, TheReligionCovenant, in the Old Testament
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 56:4–5For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that…
- Psalms 25:10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
- Psalms 103:18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
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