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Every man child among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is [the sign of] My covenant, which you shall keep <i>and</i> faithfully obey, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: Every one of your males must be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is My covenant, which you are to keep, between Me and you and your offspring after you: Every one of your males must be circumcised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is how you are to be faithful to my promise: Every male among you is to be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You and your descendants must all agree to circumcise every male among you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Here is my covenant that you are to observe, between me and you and your descendants: Every male among you is to be circumcised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every male-child among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />this [is] My covenant which you keep between Me and you, and your seed after you: every male of you [is] to be circumcised;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> this is My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you is to be circumcised;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This my covenant which ye shall watch between me and <RF q=*><font color=#808080><i>The hard copy spelling records the following as:</i></font><b> beween</b> <Rf>between you, and between thy seed after thee; every male among you to be circumcised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This is my covenant which you shall observe, between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male kind of you shall be circumcised: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the covenant between me and you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This is my covenant, which you shall keep between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And this <i>is</i> the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/17-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=3518" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/17.htm">The Covenant of Circumcision</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9</span>God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">is My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- An interval, space between. ">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇê·nê·ḵem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 2mp) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘ă·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">you and your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">you are to keep:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">male among you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4135.htm" title="4135: him·mō·wl (V-Nifal-InfAbs) -- To circumcise. A primitive root; to cut short, i.e. Curtail; by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy.">must be circumcised.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-8.htm">Acts 7:8</a></span><br />Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Romans 4:11</a></span><br />And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-2.htm">Galatians 5:2-3</a></span><br />Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. / Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a></span><br />In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Leviticus 12:3</a></span><br />And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a></span><br />Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a></span><br />Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28-29</a></span><br />A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. / No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Galatians 6:15</a></span><br />For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3</a></span><br />For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Exodus 12:48</a></span><br />If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-2.htm">Joshua 5:2-9</a></span><br />At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.” / So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. / Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7</a></span><br />In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-18.htm">1 Corinthians 7:18-19</a></span><br />Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised. / Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a></span><br />There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.</p><p class="hdg">Every.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Genesis 17:11</a></b></br> And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/34-15.htm">Genesis 34:15</a></b></br> But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we <i>be</i>, that every male of you be circumcised;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/4-25.htm">Exodus 4:25</a></b></br> Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast <i>it</i> at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband <i>art</i> thou to me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/genesis/16-15.htm">Child</a> <a href="/colossians/3-11.htm">Circumcised</a> <a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/12-16.htm">Male</a> <a href="/revelation/12-13.htm">Male-Child</a> <a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">Undergo</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Child</a> <a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Circumcised</a> <a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Male-Child</a> <a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Undergo</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">God renews the covenant with Abram, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Circumcision is instituted.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm">Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm">Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you</b><br>The term "covenant" is central to the biblical narrative, signifying a solemn agreement between God and His people. In <a href="/genesis/17.htm">Genesis 17</a>, God reaffirms His covenant with Abraham, which was initially established in <a href="/genesis/15.htm">Genesis 15</a>. This covenant is not only with Abraham but extends to his descendants, indicating a perpetual promise. The covenant includes the promise of land, numerous descendants, and a special relationship with God. This covenantal relationship is foundational to the identity of Israel as God's chosen people and is later expanded in the New Testament to include all believers through faith in Jesus Christ (<a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a>).<p><b>which you are to keep</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the responsibility of Abraham and his descendants to uphold their part of the covenant. This involves obedience and faithfulness to God's commands. The requirement to "keep" the covenant highlights the conditional aspect of the relationship, where blessings are contingent upon adherence to God's stipulations. This concept of covenantal faithfulness is echoed throughout Scripture, where obedience is seen as a response to God's grace and a demonstration of faith (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a>, <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>).<p><b>Every male among you must be circumcised</b><br>Circumcision is introduced as the physical sign of the covenant between God and Abraham's descendants. This practice was not unique to Israel, as it was also observed by other ancient Near Eastern cultures, but it held a distinct theological significance for the Israelites. It symbolized the cutting away of the flesh, representing a commitment to purity and separation unto God. Circumcision served as a constant reminder of the covenant and the identity of the Israelites as God's people. In the New Testament, circumcision becomes a type of spiritual circumcision, where the focus shifts to the circumcision of the heart, symbolizing inner transformation and faith in Christ (<a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a>, <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The initiator of the covenant, establishing a sign of His promise with Abraham and his descendants.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>The patriarch with whom God establishes His covenant, marking a significant moment in the Abrahamic account.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/descendants_of_abraham.htm">Descendants of Abraham</a></b><br>The future generations who are to uphold the covenant through the act of circumcision.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>A solemn agreement between God and Abraham, signifying a lasting relationship and commitment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/circumcision.htm">Circumcision</a></b><br>The physical sign of the covenant, representing obedience and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>Understand the significance of God's covenant with Abraham as a foundational moment in biblical history, establishing a relationship that extends to all believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_faith.htm">Obedience and Faith</a></b><br>Recognize that while circumcision was a physical act of obedience, it pointed to a deeper spiritual truth of faith and commitment to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_circumcision.htm">Symbolism of Circumcision</a></b><br>Reflect on how circumcision symbolizes the cutting away of sin and the call to live a life set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_and_fulfillment.htm">Continuity and Fulfillment</a></b><br>Consider how the Old Testament covenant finds its fulfillment in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who brings a new covenant of grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_circumcision.htm">Spiritual Circumcision</a></b><br>Embrace the concept of spiritual circumcision, where believers are called to remove sin from their lives and live in the newness of life in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_circumcision.htm">What does the Bible say about circumcision?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_circumcision's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is the significance of circumcision in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_require_circumcision.htm">Why would an all-powerful God require the physical sign of circumcision, and does this practice have non-biblical parallels (Genesis 17:10)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_christ's_circumcision_important.htm">What is the significance of Christ's circumcision?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Shall be circumcised.</span>--It is stated by Herodotus (Book ii. 104) that the Egyptians were circumcised, and that the Syrians in Palestine confessed that they learned this practice from the Egyptians. Origen, however, seems to limit circumcision to the priesthood (Epist. ad Rom., ? ii. 13); and the statement of Herodotus is not only very loose, but his date is too far posterior to the time of Abram for us to be able to place implicit confidence in it. If we turn to the evidence of Egyptian monuments and of the mummies, we find proof of the rite having become general in Egypt only in quite recent times. The discussion is, however, merely of archaeological importance; for circumcision was just as appropriate a sign of the covenant if borrowed from institutions already existing as if then used for the first time. It is, moreover, an acknowledged fact that the Bible is always true to the local colouring. Chaldaean influence is predominant in those early portions of Genesis which we owe to Abram, a citizen of Ur of the Chaldees; his life and surroundings subsequently are those of an Arab sheik; while Egyptian influence is strongly marked in the latter part of Genesis, and in the history of the Exodus from that country. In this fact we have a sufficient answer to the theories which would bring down the composition of the Pentateuch to a late period: for the author would certainly have written in accordance with the facts and ideas of his own times. If, however, Abram had seen circumcision in Egypt, when the famine drove him thither, and had learned the significance of the rite, and that the idea of it was connected with moral purity, there was in this even a reason why God should choose it as the outward sign of the sacrament which He was now bestowing upon the patriarch.<p>The fitness of circumcision to be a sign of entering into a covenant, and especially into one to which children were to be admitted, consisted in its being a representation of a new birth by the putting off of the old man, and the dedication of the new man unto holiness. The flesh was cast away that the spirit might grow strong; and the change of name in Abram and Sarai was typical of this change of condition. They had been born again, and so must again be named. And though women could not indeed be admitted directly into the covenant, yet they shared in its privileges by virtue of their consanguinity to the men, who were as sponsors for them; and thus Sarai changes her name equally with her husband.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is my covenant</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the sign of it, as in <a href="/genesis/9-12.htm">Genesis 9:12</a>), <span class="cmt_word">which ye shall keep</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> observe to. do), <span class="cmt_word">between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised</span>. Literally, <span class="accented">circumcise among</span>. (or <span class="accented">of</span>) <span class="accented">you every male</span>, the inf. abs. <span class="hebrew">הִמּול</span>, when it stands abruptly at the commencement of a sentence, having the force of a command (cf. Ewalds 'Hebrew Syntax,'§ 328; Gesenius, 'Grammar,' § 130). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/17-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֣את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is My covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיתִ֞י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּינִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(bê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you and your descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">זַרְעֲךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(zar·‘ă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after you,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to keep:</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Every</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male among you</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be circumcised.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִמּ֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(him·mō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4135.htm">Strong's 4135: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">OT Law: Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant which you shall (Gen. 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