Genesis 17:14
The male, whose dash of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.
15God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.
Cross References
Exodus 4:24And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.
Exodus 12:19Seven days there shall not be found any leaven in your houses: he that shall eat leavened bread, his soul shall perish out of the assembly of Israel, whether he be a stranger or born in the land.
Exodus 30:38What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.
Leviticus 7:25If any man eat the fat that should be offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish out of his people.
Leviticus 18:29Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.
Numbers 15:30But the soul that committeth any thing through pride, whether he be born in the land or a stranger (because he hath been rebellious against the Lord) shall be cut off 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 →