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13 All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant. 14 Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant.”

Sarai Is Named Sarah

15 Then God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:15 Sarai and Sarah both mean “princess”; the change in spelling may reflect the difference in dialect between Ur and Canaan.

13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.(A) My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.(B) 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised(C) in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;(D) he has broken my covenant.(E)

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai(F) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.(G)

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