Genesis 17:10

Genesis 17:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised;

Context of Genesis 17:10

8I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” 9God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. 11And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. 12And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.

Genesis 17:10 word by word

זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• Thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• is My covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you shall keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• descendantsזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• you: everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• among you shall be circumcisedמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135

Cross-references for Genesis 17:10

• Genesis 17:11And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.
• Genesis 34:15Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,
• Exodus 4:25Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”
• Exodus 12:48But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
• Deuteronomy 10:16So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.
• Deuteronomy 30:6“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
• Joshua 5:2At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”
• Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds.”
• Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised--
• Acts 7:8And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
• Romans 2:28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.
• Romans 3:1Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
• Romans 4:9Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:18Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.
• Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Galatians 5:3And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

Commentaries on Genesis 17:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Every man - child - shall be circumcised - Those who wish to invalidate the evidence of the Divine origin of the Mosaic law, roundly assert that the Israelites received the rite of circumcision from the Egyptians. Their apostle in this business is Herodotus, who, lib. ii., p. 116, Edit. Steph. 1592, says: "The Colchians, Egyptians, and Ethiopians, are the only nations in the world who have used circumcision ' , from the remotest period; and the…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. 9-14God gave circumcision as a confirming sign that reminded all households of loyalty to the covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Every man child among you shall be circumcised--This was the sign in the Old Testament Church as baptism is in the New, and hence the covenant is called "covenant of circumcision" (Ac 7:8; Ro 4:11). The terms of the covenant were these: on the one hand Abraham and his seed were to observe the right of circumcision; and on the other, God promised, in the event of such observance, to give them Canaan for a perpetual possession, to be a God to him and…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 17:10

• Abraham
• Children
• Circumcision
• Covenant

In the dictionaries

• Man-Child
• Abraham
• Baptism, Christian
• Birth
• Circumcision
• Covenant
• Establish
• Everlasting
• Works, Covenant of
• Agrarian Laws

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