Genesis 17:9

Genesis 17:9  

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

a. NLT: Then God said to Abraham, “Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.

b. NIV: Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

c. YLT: And God saith unto Abraham, 'And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

d. Amplified Bible: And God said to Abraham, As for you, you shall therefore keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

e. Septuagint: And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

f. Stone Edition Chumash: And God said to Abraham, “And as yor you, you shall keep My Covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations”.

1. “And God said unto Abraham…”

a. God [3068 * Yhovah] [Strong: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]

b. said [559 * ‘amar] [Strong: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.]

c. Abraham [1 * ‘Abraham] [Strong:  contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:--Abraham.]

2. “…Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.”

a. thou shalt keep [8104 * shamar] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.:--beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man)]

b. my covenant [1285 * bryith] [Strong: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):--confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.]

c. thou and thy seed [2233 * zera] [Strong: from 2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.]

d. after thee [310 * ‘achar] [Strong: from 309; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses):--after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.]

e. in their generations [1755 * dowr] [Strong: from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:--age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.]