Genesis 17:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their nerations.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And God{H430} said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} And as for thee, thou shalt keep{H8104} my covenant,{H1285} thou, and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} throughout their generations.{H1755}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Abraham{H85}, Thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} my covenant{H1285} therefore, thou, and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} in their generations{H1755}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And God sayde vnto Abraha: Se thou kepe my testamente both thou and thy seed after the in their tymes:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And God sayde morouer vnto Abraham: Kepe my couenaunt then, thou and they sede after the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And God said agayne vnto Abraham: thou shalt kepe my couenaunt therfore, both thou & thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
  • Ps 103:18 : 18 To those who keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them.
  • Isa 56:4-5 : 4 For thus says the LORD to the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:10-11
    2 verses
    89%

    10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

    11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

  • Gen 17:4-8
    5 verses
    88%

    4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

    5 Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

    6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

    7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

    8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  • Gen 17:19
    82%

    19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

  • Gen 17:2
    79%

    2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

    17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

    18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

  • Gen 9:9
    79%

    9 And behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you;

  • Gen 26:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

    4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

    5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

  • Ps 105:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

    9 The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 17:21
    77%

    21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.

  • Gen 28:4
    77%

    4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

  • Gen 13:15
    77%

    15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.

  • Gen 35:12
    76%

    12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your descendants after you I will give the land.

  • Exod 32:13
    76%

    13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • 1 Chr 16:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 Always remember his covenant, the word he commanded to a thousand generations;

    16 Even the covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Acts 3:25
    75%

    25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Gen 17:15
    75%

    15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • Gen 17:13
    75%

    13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

  • Gal 3:16
    74%

    16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

  • Gen 18:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

    19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.

  • Heb 11:18
    74%

    18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gen 9:12
    74%

    12 And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

  • Gen 28:14
    74%

    14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Luke 1:55
    74%

    55 As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.

    24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Heb 6:14
    73%

    14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'

  • Gen 21:23
    73%

    23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

  • Gen 15:3
    73%

    3 And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

  • Gen 15:5
    73%

    5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

  • Rom 9:9
    73%

    9 For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Rom 9:7
    73%

    7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.