Genesis 17
NASB2020
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 17:4-14

4“As for Me, beholdH2009, My covenantH1285 is with you, And you will be the fatherH1 of a 1multitudeH1995 of nationsH1471.5NoH3808 longerH5750 shall you be namedH7121H8034 2AbramH87, But 3your nameH8034 shall be 4AbrahamH85; For 5I have madeH5414 you the fatherH1 of a multitudeH1995 of nationsH1471. 6I will makeH6509 you exceedinglyH3966 fruitfulH6509, and I will makeH5414 nationsH1471 of you, and 6kingsH4428 will comeH3318 from you. 7I will establishH6965 My covenantH1285 betweenH996 Me and you and your 7descendantsH2233 afterH310 you throughout their generationsH1755 as an 8everlastingH5769 covenantH1285, 9to be GodH430 to you and 10to your 11descendantsH2233 afterH310 you. 8And 12I will giveH5414 to you and to your 13descendantsH2233 afterH310 you the landH776 whereH4033 you liveH4033 asH4033 aH4033 strangerH4033, allH3605 the landH776 of CanaanH3667, as an everlastingH5769 possessionH272; and 14I will be their GodH430.”

9GodH430 saidH559 further to AbrahamH85, “Now as for you, 15you shall keepH8104 My covenantH1285, you and your 16descendantsH2233 afterH310 you throughout their generationsH1755. 1017ThisH2088 is My covenantH1285, whichH834 you shall keepH8104, betweenH996 Me and you and your 18descendantsH2233 afterH310 you: everyH3605 maleH2145 among you shall be circumcisedH4135. 11And 19you shall be circumcisedH4135 in the fleshH1320 of your foreskinH6190, and it shall be the signH226 of the covenantH1285 betweenH996 Me and you. 12And everyH3605 maleH2145 among you who is 20eightH8083 daysH3117 oldH1121 shall be circumcisedH4135 throughout your generationsH1755, including a slaveH3211 who is bornH3211 in the houseH1004 or who is boughtH4736 with moneyH3701 from anyH3605 foreignerH1121H5236, whoH834 is not of your 21descendantsH2233. 13A slaveH3211 who is bornH3211 in your houseH1004 or 22who is boughtH4736 with your moneyH3701 shall certainlyH4135 be circumcisedH4135; so My covenantH1285 shall be in your fleshH1320 as an everlastingH5769 covenantH1285. 14But as for an uncircumcisedH6189 maleH2145, one whoH834 is not circumcisedH4135 in the fleshH1320 of his foreskinH6190, that personH5315 shall be 23cutH3772 offH3772 from his peopleH5971; he has brokenH6565 My covenantH1285.”

Read all of Genesis 17

Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 17:4 Gen 35:11; 48:19 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 17:5 I.e., exalted father ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 17:5 Neh 9:7 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 17:5 I.e., father of a multitude ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 17:5 Rom 4:17 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 17:6 Gen 17:16; 35:11 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 17:7 Gen 17:13, 19; Ps 105:9, 10; Luke 1:55 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 17:7 Gen 26:24; Lev 11:45; 26:12, 45; Heb 11:16 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 17:7 Gen 28:13; Gal 3:16 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 17:8 Gen 12:7; 13:15, 17; Acts 7:5 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 17:8 Lit seed ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 17:8 Ex 6:7; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Deut 29:13; Rev 21:7 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 17:9 Ex 19:5 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 17:9 Lit seed ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 17:10 John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Rom 4:11 ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 17:10 Lit seed ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 17:11 Ex 12:48; Deut 10:16; Acts 7:8; Rom 4:11 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 17:12 Lev 12:3 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 17:12 Lit seed ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 17:13 Ex 12:44 ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 17:14 Ex 4:24-26 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 17

New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.