Genesis 17 (NET)

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Genesis 17:1¹When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 4:13 Eph 3:20 Luke 1:6 Gen 18:14 Gen 6:9 Ps 116:9 Matt 5:48 Isa 38:3 Job 1:1 Deut 18:13

Genesis 17:2²Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 17:4-6 Gen 12:2 Gen 13:16 Gen 15:18 Ps 105:8-11 Gen 22:17 Gal 3:17-18 Gen 9:9

Genesis 17:3³Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 17:17 Judg 13:20 1 Kgs 18:39 Josh 5:14 Matt 17:6 Num 16:45 Rev 1:17 Dan 10:9 Dan 8:17-18 Exod 3:6

Genesis 17:4⁴“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 35:11 Rom 4:11-18 Gal 3:28-29 Gen 12:2 Gen 13:16 Gen 16:10 Gen 22:17 Gen 25:1-18 Gen 32:12 Gen 36:1-43

Genesis 17:5⁵No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 1:21-23 Neh 9:7 Rom 4:17 Gen 17:15 Gen 32:28 Isa 62:2-4 Jer 20:3 Rev 2:17 2 Sam 12:25 Isa 65:15

Genesis 17:6⁶I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 17:4 Gen 35:11 Matt 1:6-17 Gen 17:16 Ezra 4:20 Gen 17:20 Gen 36:31-43

Genesis 17:7⁷I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 9:7-9 Acts 2:39 Gen 26:24 Gen 15:18 Gen 28:13 Heb 8:10 Lev 26:12 Gal 3:16-17 Heb 11:16 Ezek 28:26

Genesis 17:8⁸I will give the whole land of Canaan—the land where you are now residing —to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 26:12 Gen 12:7 Ps 105:11 Exod 6:7 Gen 13:15 Deut 14:2 Deut 26:18 Deut 29:13 Gen 28:4 Deut 4:37

Genesis 17:9⁹Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 56:4-5 Ps 103:18 Ps 25:10

Genesis 17:10¹⁰This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:8 Col 2:11-12 Gal 5:3-6 Rom 4:9-11 1 Cor 7:18-19 Gen 17:11 Josh 5:2 Phil 3:3 Rom 3:30 Deut 30:6

Genesis 17:11¹¹You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 4:11 Acts 7:8 Deut 10:16 1 Sam 18:25-27 2 Sam 3:14 Exod 12:48 Exod 4:25 Josh 5:3

Genesis 17:12¹²Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 12:3 Luke 2:21 Exod 12:48-49 Luke 1:59 Phil 3:5 Acts 7:8 Gen 17:23 Gen 21:4 John 7:22-23 Rom 2:28

Genesis 17:13¹³They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:44 Gen 37:36 Neh 5:8 Exod 21:16 Exod 21:2 Exod 21:4 Gen 14:14 Gen 15:3 Gen 37:27 Gen 39:1

Genesis 17:14¹⁴Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people—he has failed to carry out my requirement.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 4:24-26 Exod 12:19 Num 15:30-31 1 Cor 11:27 1 Cor 11:29 Exod 12:15 Exod 30:33 Exod 30:38 Isa 24:5 Isa 33:8

Genesis 17:15¹⁵Then God said to Abraham, “As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 12:25 Gen 17:5 Gen 32:28

Genesis 17:16¹⁶I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 35:11 1 Pet 3:6 Gal 4:26-31 Gen 17:6 Gen 18:10-14 Isa 49:23 Gen 1:28 Gen 12:2 Gen 24:60 Rom 9:9

Genesis 17:17¹⁷Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:12 Gen 21:6 Gen 17:3 John 8:56 Rev 11:16 Rom 4:19-20 Ezek 1:28 Rev 5:8 Job 1:20 1 Chr 21:16

Genesis 17:18¹⁸Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live before you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:39 Ps 4:6 Ps 41:12 Gen 4:12 Gen 4:14 Isa 59:2 Jer 32:39

Genesis 17:19¹⁹God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:10-14 Gen 21:2-3 Luke 1:13-20 2 Kgs 4:16-17 Gal 4:28-31 Gen 21:6 Rom 9:6-9 Gen 17:21 Gen 26:3

Genesis 17:20²⁰As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 21:18 Gen 21:13 Gen 25:12-18 Gen 16:10-12

Genesis 17:21²¹But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 21:2-3 Gen 26:2-5 Gal 3:29 Gen 18:10 Rom 9:5-6 Rom 9:9 Acts 1:7 Exod 2:24 Exod 3:6 Gen 21:10-12

Genesis 17:22²²When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:33 Gen 35:9-15 Deut 5:4 Exod 20:22 Gen 17:3 John 1:18 John 10:30 Judg 13:20 Judg 6:21 Num 12:6-8

Genesis 17:23²³Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 119:60 Gen 17:10-14 Gen 17:26-27 Gen 18:19 Prov 27:1 1 Cor 7:18-19 Acts 16:3 Eccl 9:10 Gal 5:6 Gal 6:15

Genesis 17:24²⁴Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 4:11 Gen 12:4 Gen 17:1 Gen 17:17 Rom 4:19-20

Genesis 17:25²⁵his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 17:26²⁶Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:4 Gen 22:3-4 Ps 119:60

Genesis 17:27²⁷All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:19

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