Genesis 17:14

And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

15And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:24Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

Exodus 12:19For seven days no leaven is to be seen in your houses: for whoever takes bread which is leavened will be cut off from the people of Israel, if he is from another country or if he is an Israelite by birth.

Exodus 30:38Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:25For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 18:29For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

Numbers 15:30But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:8-15

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep,… Read the whole commentary →

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