Genesis 17:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.”
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“You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 17:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
- Exodus 12:48If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
- Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
- Joshua 5:3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
- 1 Samuel 18:25Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 3:14Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
- Acts 7:8Then 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.
- Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).