Genesis 17:10
This is my agreement with you and your descendants who come after you, the agreement you are to keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
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11You are to circumcise your foreskin, and this will be the sign of the agreement between me and you.
Cross References
Genesis 17:23That day Abraham circumcised his son Ishmael as well as all those born in his household or purchased, in fact every male among the members of Abraham's household, just as God had told him.
Genesis 21:4Abraham circumcised him when Isaac was eight days old, following God's command.
Genesis 34:22But they will only agree to this on one condition: they will only join us and become one family if every male among us is circumcised like they are.
Exodus 12:48If there's a foreigner who lives with you and wants to celebrate the Lord's Passover, all the males in their household have to be circumcised. Then he may come and celebrate it, and he shall be treated like a native of the land. But no man who is not circumcised may eat it.
Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will make you and your descendants his again, and you will love him with all your mind and with all your being, so that you'll live.
Joshua 5:4This is the reason why Joshua had them all circumcised: all those who left Egypt—the men of fighting age—had died on the journey through the wilderness after the Exodus.
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 →