KJV King James Version
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 17:9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
WEB World English Bible
God said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
ASV American Standard Version
And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God saith unto Abraham, ‘And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;
Surrounding context — Genesis 17
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַבְרָהָ֔םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamוְאַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִיתִ֣יH1285 · be.ritcovenantתִשְׁמֹ֑רH8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyאַתָּ֛הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְזַרְעֲךָ֥H2233 · ze.raseedאַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָH310 · a.charafterלְדֹרֹתָֽם׃H1755 · dorgeneration
Cross-references
Isaiah 56:4-5For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of my covenant;Psalm 25:10All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.Psalm 103:18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
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