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Genesis 17:11

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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

And ye shall circumcise {H5243} the flesh {H1320} of your foreskin {H6190}; and it shall be a token {H226} of the covenant {H1285} betwixt me and you.

You are to be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; this will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

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Cross-References

  • Romans 4:11 (6 votes)

    And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

  • Deuteronomy 10:16 (4 votes)

    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

  • Acts 7:8 (4 votes)

    And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.

  • 1 Samuel 18:25 (2 votes)

    And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Samuel 18:27 (2 votes)

    Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

  • 2 Samuel 3:14 (2 votes)

    And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver [me] my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

  • Exodus 4:25 (2 votes)

    Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.