Genesis 17:11
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And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.

the flesh.

Exodus 4:25 Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.

Joshua 5:3 He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.

1 Samuel 18:25-27 And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines. . . .

2 Samuel 3:14 And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

a token.

Acts 7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:

Context
The Covenant of Circumcision
10This is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male-kind of you shall be circumcised. 11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.12An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:…
Cross References
Acts 7:8
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:

Genesis 9:12
And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.

Exodus 12:48
And if any stranger be willing to dwell among you, and to keep the Phase of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then shall he celebrate it according to the manner: and he shall be as he that is born in the land: but if any man be uncircumcised, he shall not eat thereof.

Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

Lexicon
You are to circumcise
וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם (ū·nə·mal·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5243: Branch to be cut down off, circumcise

the flesh
בְּשַׂ֣ר (bə·śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

of your foreskin,
עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם (‘ā·rə·laṯ·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6190: The prepuce

and this will be
וְהָיָה֙ (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a sign
לְא֣וֹת (lə·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

of the covenant
בְּרִ֔ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant

between Me and you.
בֵּינִ֖י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between


Additional Translations
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.

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

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.
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