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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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  • 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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