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Genesis 17

Gen. 17:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And ye shall circumcise
namal (Hebrew #5243)
to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
KJV usage: (branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.
Pronounce: naw-mal'
Origin: a primitive root
the flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
of your foreskin
`orlah (Hebrew #6190)
the prepuce
KJV usage: foreskin, + uncircumcised.
Pronounce: or-law'
Origin: feminine of 6189
; and it shall be a token
'owth (Hebrew #226)
a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
KJV usage: mark, miracle, (en-)sign, token.
Pronounce: oth
Origin: probably from 225 (in the sense of appearing)
q of the covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
betwixt me and you.
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Acts 7:8• 8And he gave to him the covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. (Acts 7:8)
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Rom. 4:11• 11And he received the sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of faith which he had being in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also; (Rom. 4:11)

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the flesh.
Ex. 4:25• 25Then Zipporah took a stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, A bloody husband indeed art thou to me! (Ex. 4:25)
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Josh. 5:3• 3And Joshua made him stone-knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of Araloth. (Josh. 5:3)
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1 Sam. 18:25‑27• 25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
 26And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
 27when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. (1 Sam. 18:25‑27)
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2 Sam. 3:14• 14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. (2 Sam. 3:14)
a token.
Acts 7:8• 8And he gave to him the covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. (Acts 7:8)
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Rom. 4:11• 11And he received the sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of faith which he had being in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also; (Rom. 4:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and that shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.