Genesis 17:1-8
Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision
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“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a (G)multitude of nations.
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And you will be the father of a (G)multitude of nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and (J)kings will come forth from you.
7 I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your (f)descendants after you throughout their generations for an (K)everlasting covenant, (L)to be God to you and (M)to your (g)descendants after you.
8 (N)I will give to you and to your (h)descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and (O)I will be their God.”
Footnotes:
a.
Genesis 17:1: ['Heb ', El Shaddai]
b.
Genesis 17:1: ['Lit ', complete, perfect, '; or ', having integrity]
c.
Genesis 17:2: ['Lit ', give]
d.
Genesis 17:5: ['I.e. exalted father']
e.
Genesis 17:5: ['I.e. father of a multitude']
f.
Genesis 17:7: ['Lit ', seed]
g.
Genesis 17:7: ['Lit ', seed]
h.
Genesis 17:8: ['Lit ', seed]