Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 17:4-14
4“As for MeH589, this isH2009 My covenantH1285 with youH854: You will beH1961 the fatherH1 of manyH1995 nationsH1471. 5NoH3808 longer willH5750 you be calledH7121 AbramH87,1 but your nameH8034 will beH1961 AbrahamH85,2 forH3588 I have made youH5414 a fatherH1 of manyH1995 nationsH1471.3
6I will make you exceedinglyH3966 fruitfulH6509; I will makeH5414 nationsH1471 of you, and kingsH4428 will descendH3318 from youH4480.
7I will establishH6965 My covenantH1285 as an everlastingH5769 covenantH1285 between Me and youH996 and your descendantsH310H1755 after youH2233, to beH1961 your GodH430 and the God of your descendantsH2233 after youH310.
8And to you and your descendantsH2233 I will giveH5414 the landH776 where you are residingH4033—allH3605 the landH776 of CanaanH3667—as an eternalH5769 possessionH272; and I will beH1961 their GodH430.”
9GodH430 also saidH559 toH413 AbrahamH85, “YouH859 must keepH8104 My covenantH1285—youH859 and your descendantsH2233 in the generationsH1755 after youH310. 10ThisH2063 is My covenantH1285 withH996 you and your descendantsH2233 after youH310, whichH834 you are to keepH8104: EveryH3605 male among youH2145 must be circumcisedH4135. 11You are to circumciseH4135 the fleshH1320 of your foreskinH6190, and this will beH1961 a signH226 of the covenantH1285 between Me and youH996.
12Generation after generationH1755, everyH3605 maleH2145 must be circumcisedH4135 when he is eightH8083 days oldH3117, including those bornH3211 in your householdH1004 and those purchasedH4736H3701 from aH3605H1121 foreignerH5236—even thoseH1931 whoH834 are notH3808 your offspringH2233. 13Whether they are bornH3211 in your householdH1004 or purchasedH4736H3701, they must be circumcisedH4135. My covenantH1285 in your fleshH1320 will beH1961 an everlastingH5769 covenantH1285.
But if any maleH2145 is notH3808 circumcisedH4135, he will be cut offH3772 from his peopleH5971; he has brokenH6565 My covenantH1285.”
Notes
- 1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father. ↩
- 2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of many. ↩
- 3. Genesis 17:5 Cited in Romans 4:17 ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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