KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 17:11 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And ye shall circumcise” | וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם | To become clipped or (specifically) circumcised | circumcise |
| “the flesh” | בְּשַׂ֣ר | Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man | flesh |
| “of your foreskin;” | עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם | The prepuce | foreskin |
| “and it shall be” | וְהָיָה֙ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | and it shall be |
| “a token” | לְא֣וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | token |
| “of the covenant” | בְּרִ֔ית | A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) | covenant |
| “betwixt” | בֵּינִ֖י | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | betwixt |
| “me and you.” | בֵּינִ֖י | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | me and you |
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9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 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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