13 He that is born in thine house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: so my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 But the uncircumcised [a]man-child, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, even that person shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my covenant.

15 ¶ Afterward God said unto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but [b]Sarah shall be her name.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:14 Albeit women were not circumcised, yet were they partakers of God’s promise: for under the mankind all was consecrated, and here is declared, that whosoever contemneth the sign, despiseth also the promise.
  2. Genesis 17:15 Or, dame, or princess.

13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.(A) My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.(B) 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised(C) in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;(D) he has broken my covenant.(E)

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai(F) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.(G)

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