Godsaid,"Thisis the signof the covenantwhichI am makingbetweenMe and you and everylivingcreaturethat is with you, for allsuccessivegenerations;
"And you shall be circumcisedin the fleshof your foreskin,and it shall be the signof the covenantbetweenMe and you.
I setMy bowin the cloud,and it shall be for a signof a covenantbetweenMe and the earth.
And Godsaidto Noah,"Thisis the signof the covenantwhichI have establishedbetweenMe and allfleshthat is on the earth."
The bloodshall be a signfor you on the houseswhereyou live; and when I seethe bloodI will passoveryou, and noplaguewill befallyou to destroy[you] when I strikethe landof Egypt.
"So it shall serveas a signon your handand as phylacterieson your forehead,for with a powerfulhandthe LORDbroughtus out of Egypt."
"Nowtherefore, pleaseswearto me by the LORD,sinceI have dealtkindlywith you, that you alsowill dealkindlywith my father'shousehold,and giveme a pledgeof truth,
