Genesis 17

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1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.99 cross-references: Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 3:20, Genesis 6:9, Luke 1:6, Psalms 116:9
2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.13 cross-references: Genesis 17:4–6, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:18, Psalms 105:8–11
3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,35 cross-references: Genesis 17:17, Judges 13:20, Joshua 5:14, 1 Kings 18:39, Numbers 16:45
4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.25 cross-references: Genesis 35:11, Genesis 12:2, Galatians 3:28–29, Romans 4:11–18, Genesis 48:19
5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.24 cross-references: Matthew 1:21–23, Nehemiah 9:7, Genesis 17:15, Genesis 32:28, Isaiah 62:2–4
6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.19 cross-references: Genesis 17:4, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 35:11, Matthew 1:6–17, Ezra 4:20
7And 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 unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.113 cross-references: Genesis 26:24, Romans 9:7–9, Acts 2:39, Genesis 15:18, Hebrews 8:10
8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.51 cross-references: Leviticus 26:12, Psalms 105:11, Genesis 12:7, Exodus 6:7, Deuteronomy 29:13
9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.6 cross-references: Psalms 25:10, Isaiah 56:4–5, Psalms 103:18
10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.34 cross-references: Acts 7:8, Colossians 2:11–12, Romans 4:9–11, Romans 3:30, Galatians 5:3–6
11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.15 cross-references: Romans 4:11, Deuteronomy 10:16, Acts 7:8, 1 Samuel 18:25–27, 2 Samuel 3:14
12And 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.18 cross-references: Leviticus 12:3, Luke 2:21, Luke 1:59, Philippians 3:5, Exodus 12:48–49
13He 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.19 cross-references: Exodus 12:44, Nehemiah 5:8, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:3
14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.35 cross-references: Exodus 4:24–26, Numbers 15:30–31, Exodus 12:19, Leviticus 18:29, Leviticus 7:27
15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.12 cross-references: 2 Samuel 12:25, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 17:5
16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.30 cross-references: Genesis 35:11, Isaiah 49:23, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 18:10–14, Romans 9:9
17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?37 cross-references: Revelation 11:16, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 21:6, John 8:56
18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!12 cross-references: Acts 2:39, Psalms 4:6, Psalms 41:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14
19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.26 cross-references: Genesis 21:2–3, Luke 1:13–20, 2 Kings 4:16–17, Romans 9:6–9, Genesis 18:10–14
20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.19 cross-references: Genesis 21:18, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 25:12–18, Genesis 16:10–12
21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.30 cross-references: Genesis 26:2–5, Genesis 21:2–3, Galatians 3:29, Romans 9:5–6, Genesis 18:10
22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.16 cross-references: Genesis 35:9–15, Genesis 18:33, Exodus 20:22, John 10:30, Judges 6:21
23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.24 cross-references: Proverbs 27:1, Genesis 34:24, Genesis 17:26–27, Genesis 17:10–14, Psalms 119:60
24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.8 cross-references: Romans 4:11, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 17:1, Romans 4:19–20
25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.4 cross-references: Genesis 12:4, Genesis 22:3–4, Psalms 119:60
27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.3 cross-references: Genesis 18:19

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Father of many nations Genesis 17:5 and Romans 4:17
God renames Abram as Abraham, father of many nations. Paul notes that Abraham is father of all who believe, Jew and Gentile, before the God who gives life to the dead.
The oath to Abraham remembered Genesis 17:7 and Luke 1:73
God establishes an everlasting covenant with Abraham and his offspring. Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, praises God for remembering that oath — the covenant thread running into the Gospels.
Circumcision made without hands Genesis 17:10 and Colossians 2:11
Circumcision was the sign of God's covenant with Abraham. Paul speaks of a spiritual circumcision done by Christ — putting off the old nature — linked to baptism.

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