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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 him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. (Acts 7:8)
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Rom. 4:11• 11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: (Rom. 4:11)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the flesh.
Ex. 4:25• 25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. (Ex. 4:25)
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Josh. 5:3• 3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. (Josh. 5:3)
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1 Sam. 18:25‑27• 25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an 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 when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
 27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. (1 Sam. 18:25‑27)
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2 Sam. 3:14• 14And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. (2 Sam. 3:14)
a token.
Acts 7:8• 8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. (Acts 7:8)
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Rom. 4:11• 11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: (Rom. 4:11)
• (Rom. 2:29). The refusal of the flesh is not to be merely an outward neglecting of the body of which the world can take account. The refusal of the flesh in all its inward workings is needed. We must reject its self-confidence, self-righteousness, vanity and lusts as that which has been condemned in the cross (Col. 2:11). (“The Almighty God and the Everlasting Covenant: Genesis 17” by H. Smith)

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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)