Genesis 17:10
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.
KJV
Hoc est pactum meum quod observabitis inter me et vos, et semen tuum post te : circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum :
Vulgate
καὶ αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διατηρήσεις ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματός σου μετὰ σὲ ⸆ εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν· περιτμηθήσεται ὑμῶν πᾶν ἀρσενικόν.
LXX
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
ASV
זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞/י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִ/י֙ וּ/בֵ֣ינֵי/כֶ֔ם וּ/בֵ֥ין זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖ אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָ/כֶ֖ם כָּל זָכָֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 280×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 36×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Themes
Typology
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
He speaks, moreover, regarding the ears, how He circumcised the ears of our hearts. The Lord says in the prophet, "Hear, O ye people, and give ear to the voice of the Lord." And again He says, "By hearing ye shall hear, but shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, but shall not perceive."
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram. God here renews and enlarges the covenant, changing Abram's name to Abraham. The covenant of circumcision is instituted as a sign and seal, not as the ground of righteousness, but as confirmation of the righteousness already received by faith. This sacrament, like baptism which replaced it, signifies the …
Q. Are the bread and wine changed into the real body and blood of Christ? A. No. Just as the water of baptism is not changed into Christ's blood and does not itself wash away sins but is simply God's sign and assurance, so too the bread of the Lord's Supper is not changed into the actual body of Christ, even though it is called the body of Christ in keeping with the nature and …
The Circumcision was given to Abraham before the law, after the blessings, after the promise, as a sign separating him and his offspring and his household from the Gentiles with whom he lived. Genesis 17:10 And this is evident , for when the Israelites passed forty years alone by themselves in the desert, having no intercourse with any other race, all that were born in the dese…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:18 — Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
- Acts 7:8 — And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
- Acts 15:1 — And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
- Col 2:11 — In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
- Deut 30:6 — And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
- Eph 2:11 — Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
- Gal 5:3 — For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- Gal 6:12 — As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
- Gen 17:11 — And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
- John 7:22 — Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
- Josh 5:2 — At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
- Josh 5:2 — At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
- Luke 1:13 — But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
- Mark 10:14 — But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
- Phil 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
- Rom 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
- Rom 3:30 — Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
- Rom 4:9 — Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
- Rom 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circum