Genesis 17:11-14

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

¹¹ You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a _z sign of the covenant between me and you. ¹² He who is _a eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or _b bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, ¹³ both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴ Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."

1. Cross References
   Acts 7:8
   And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
   Romans 4:11
   He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well.
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 12:3
   And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
   Luke 1:59
   And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father.
   Luke 2:21
   And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
   Philippians 3:5
   Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 12:48 - 49
   If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.