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Genesis
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English: Webster's Bible |
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Genesis 17 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. |
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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. |
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And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, |
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. |
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Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. |
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And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall proceed from thee. |
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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee. |
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And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. |
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And God said to Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. |
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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every male-child among you shall be circumcised. |
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. |
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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male-child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, who is not of thy seed. |
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He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. |
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And the uncircumcised male-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. |
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