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Abraham
and the Covenant of Circumcision |
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Genesis 17:1
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Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and
be blameless. |
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Genesis 17:2
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"I will establish My covenant between Me and
you, And I will multiply you exceedingly." |
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Genesis 17:3
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Abram fell on his face, and God talked with
him, saying, |
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Genesis 17:4
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"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a multitude of nations. |
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Genesis 17:5
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"No longer shall your name be called Abram,
But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude
of nations. |
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Genesis 17:6
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"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I
will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you. |
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Genesis 17:7
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"I will establish My covenant between Me and
you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting
covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. |
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Genesis 17:8
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"I will give to you and to your descendants
after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession; and I will be their God." |
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Genesis 17:9
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God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you,
you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their
generations. |
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Genesis 17:10
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"This is My covenant, which you shall keep,
between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall
be circumcised. |
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Genesis 17:11
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"And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of
your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. |
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Genesis 17:12
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"And every male among you who is eight days
old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in
the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.
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Genesis 17:13
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"A servant who is born in your house or who
is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant
be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. |
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Genesis 17:14
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"But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he
has broken My covenant." |
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Genesis 17:15
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Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your
wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. |
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Genesis 17:16
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"I will bless her, and indeed I will give you
a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings
of peoples will come from her." |
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Genesis 17:17
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Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and
said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will
Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" |
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Genesis 17:18
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And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might
live before You!" |
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Genesis 17:19
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But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will
bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant
with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. |
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Genesis 17:20
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"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I
will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly.
He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
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Genesis 17:21
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"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac,
whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year." |
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Genesis 17:22
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When He finished talking with him, God went
up from Abraham. |
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Genesis 17:23
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Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the
servants who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every
male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their
foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him. |
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Genesis 17:24
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Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he
was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
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Genesis 17:25
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And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when
he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
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Genesis 17:26
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In the very same day Abraham was circumcised,
and Ishmael his son. |
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Genesis 17:27
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All the men of his household, who were born
in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. |
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