Genesis 17:14

Any uncircumcised male who refuses circumcision will be excluded from his people because he has broken my agreement.”

Free Bible Version

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

13You must circumcise those born in your household or bought from foreigners as a sign in your bodies of my eternal agreement.

15Then God told Abraham, “Now about Sarai your wife. Don't call her Sarai any longer. Instead, her name will be Sarah.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:24But while they were on their way the Lord came to the place where they were staying, wanting to kill Moses.

Exodus 12:19For seven days there must be no yeast in your houses. If anyone eats something with yeast in it, then they must be excluded from the Israelite community, whether they are a foreigner or a native of the land.

Exodus 30:38Anyone who makes incense like this for themselves to enjoy will be expelled from their people.”

Leviticus 7:25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from a food offering presented to the Lord must be expelled from their people.

Leviticus 18:29Consequently anyone who does any of these disgusting things must be expelled from their people.

Numbers 15:30But the person who sins in defiance, whether an Israelite or foreigner, is blaspheming the Lord. They shall be expelled from their 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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