Genesis 17:14

Genesis 17:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
• New International Version (NIV)Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Context of Genesis 17:14

12Throughout your generations, every male among you is to be circumcised at eight days old — every male born in your household or purchased from any foreigner and not your offspring. 13Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant. If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” 15God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name. 16I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

Genesis 17:14 word by word

וְעָרֵ֣ל׀ זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the uncircumcisedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189
• man childזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• whoseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of his foreskinעׇרְלָה‛orlâh · foreskinH6190
• is not circumcisedמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135
• that soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• shall be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from his peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971
• he hath brokenפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285

Cross-references for Genesis 17:14

• Exodus 4:24On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and intended to put him to death.
• Exodus 12:15You must eat unleavened bread for seven days. On the first day you must remove yeast from your houses. Whoever eats what is leavened from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel.
• Exodus 30:33Anyone who blends something like it or puts some of it on an unauthorized person must be cut off from his people.”
• Leviticus 7:20But the one who eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.
• Leviticus 18:29Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people.
• Leviticus 19:8Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.
• Numbers 15:30“But the person who acts defiantly, whether native or resident alien, blasphemes the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.
• Joshua 5:2At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.”
• Psalms 55:20My friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant.
• Isaiah 24:5The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the permanent covenant.
• Isaiah 33:8The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. An agreement has been broken, cities despised, and human life disregarded.
• Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to obey my words and have followed other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant I made with their ancestors.
• Jeremiah 31:32This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt — my covenant that they broke even though I am their master” — the Lord’s declaration.
• 1 Corinthians 11:27So, then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

Commentaries on Genesis 17:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The uncircumcised - shall be cut off from his people - By being cut off some have imagined that a sudden temporal death was implied; but the simple meaning seems to be that such should have no right to nor share in the blessings of the covenant, which we have already seen were both of a temporal and spiritual kind; and if so, then eternal death was implied, for it was impossible for a person who had not received the spiritual purification to enter into…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-27Verses 1-27 - The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six times in Genesis, and thirty-one times in Job. 5. אברהם 'abrâhām Abraham, from אברם 'abrām “high-father,” and הם hām the radical part of המין hāmôn a “multitude,” is obtained by a euphonic abbreviation אברהם 'abrâhām “father of a multitude.” The root רהם rhm…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The covenant of grace is from everlasting in the counsels of it, and to everlasting in the consequences of it. The token of the covenant was circumcision. It is here said to be the covenant which Abraham and his seed must keep. Those who will have the Lord to be to them a God, must resolve to be to him a people. Not only Abraham and Isaac, and his posterity by Isaac, were to be circumcised, but also Ishmael and the bond-servants. It sealed not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14will be cut off: This punishment seems to have several applications. A person could be exiled from society or put to death by the community; most often it warned that a person might die prematurely (see Exodus 31:14; Leviticus 7:20–27; 17:3–4; 20:17–18; 23:28–29; Numbers 15:30–31; see also Psalm 31:22; Ezekiel 21:4; Romans 9:3; 11:22). Failure to be circumcised was a serious violation of the covenant (see Exodus 4:24–26; compare Galatians 5:2–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Abram ... ninety years old and nine--thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael [Ge 16:16]. During that interval he had enjoyed the comforts of communion with God but had been favored with no special revelation as formerly, probably on account of his hasty and blameable marriage with Hagar. the Lord appeared--some visible manifestation of the divine presence, probably the Shekinah or radiant glory of overpowering effulgence. I am the Almighty God--the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 17:14

• Abraham
• Children
• Church
• Circumcision
• Covenant
• Family

In the dictionaries

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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