Holy Scripture

Genesis 17:10

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“God said again to Abraham: And you shall therefore keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations; this is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised; and you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, a…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

Source: Septuagint

Original

10And this is 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.

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8And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

9And God said to Abraham, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

— Genesis 17:10 —

11And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.

12And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.

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