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Genesis 17:10-12
New English Translation
Genesis 17:10-12
New English Translation
10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep:[a] Every male among you must be circumcised.[b] 11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder[c] of the covenant between me and you. 12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old[d] must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
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- Genesis 17:10 tn Heb “This is my covenant that you must keep between me and you and your descendants after you.”
- Genesis 17:10 sn For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Light of the Priestly ʾot Etiologies,” RB 81 (1974): 557-96.
- Genesis 17:11 tn Or “sign.”
- Genesis 17:12 tn Heb “the son of eight days.”
Genesis 17:10-12
New International Version
Genesis 17:10-12
New International Version
10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.(A) 11 You are to undergo circumcision,(B) and it will be the sign of the covenant(C) between me and you. 12 For the generations to come(D) every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised,(E) including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.
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