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Genesis 17:10 KJV
Genesis · chapter 17 · verse 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.Genesis 17:10 · King James Version
Genesis 17:10 in context
8And 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.
9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- childzâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- seedzeraʻseedH2233 →
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Here is, I. The continuance of the covenant, intimated in three things: - 1. It is established; not to be altered nor revoked. It is fixed, it is ratified, it is made as firm as the divine power and truth can make it. 2. It is entailed;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-14