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Genesis 17:9

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

KJV

Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham : Et tu ergo custodies pactum meum, et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Ἀβραάμ Σὺ δὲ τὴν διαθήκην μου διατηρήσεις, σὺ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σὲ εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν.

LXX

And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְ/אַתָּ֖ה אֶת בְּרִיתִ֣/י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְ/זַרְעֲ/ךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ לְ/דֹרֹתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
י
y
noun · 280×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Perfect righteousness was conferred neither by circumcision nor by any other legal ceremonies. The Decalogue, however, was not cancelled by Christ, but is always in force: men were never released from its commandments. 1. Moreover, we learn from the Scripture itself, that God gave circumcision, not as the completer of righteousness, but as a sign, that the race of Abraham might…

Cross-references

  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • 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.
  • Ps 103:18 — To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.