Holy Scripture

Genesis 17:9

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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

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

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7And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee.

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.

— Genesis 17:9 —

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.

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.

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