Genesis 17:10

Covenant and promises

⁸ And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

⁹ God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

¹¹ You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

¹² Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
KJV: 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.
WEB: This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
ASV: This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
DARBY: This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee that every male among you be circumcised.
BLB: This [is] My covenant, which you⁺ shall keep between Me, and between you⁺, and between your seed after you: Every male child among you⁺ shall be circumcised.

ÅB: Dette er pakten mellom meg og dere og dine etterkommere som dere skal holde: Alt mannkjønn hos dere skal omskjæres
OTB: Dette er pakten du skal holde mellom meg og deg og din ætt etter deg: hver mann blant dere skal omskjæres.
B1930: Dette er den pakt mellem mig og eder og din ætt efter dig som I skal holde: Alt mannkjønn hos eder skal omskjæres

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 7:8
Then 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.
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Colossians 2:11–12
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.
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Galatians 5:3–6
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
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Romans 4:9–11
Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
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Joshua 5:2
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
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Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
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1 Corinthians 7:18–19
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
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Romans 3:30
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
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