Genesis 17:14
The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”
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In Context
13And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.
15God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.
Cross References
Exodus 4:24And while he was on the journey, at an inn, the Lord met him, and he was willing to kill him.
Exodus 12:19For seven days, there shall not be found leaven in your houses. Whoever will eat leaven, his soul will perish from the assembly of Israel, as much with the newcomers as with the natives of the land.
Exodus 30:38Whatever man will have made anything similar, so as to thoroughly enjoy its smell, he shall perish from his people.”
Leviticus 7:25If anyone will have eaten the fat which ought to be offered as a burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 18:29Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people.
Numbers 15:30Yet truly, the soul who commits any of these acts through arrogance, whether he is a citizen or a sojourner, because he has rebelled against the Lord, shall perish from among 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 →