KJV King James Version
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
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Genesis 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
WEB World English Bible
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
ASV American Standard Version
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.
Surrounding context — Genesis 17
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
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Romans 4:11And 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 circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.Acts 7:8And 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.Exodus 4:25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.Joshua 5:3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.2 Samuel 3:14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver [me] my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.1 Samuel 18:25-27And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.Exodus 12:48And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
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