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.”
Exodus 4:25 - Revised Standard Version Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Now apparently he had failed to circumcise one of his sons, his wife being opposed to it; but seeing his life in such danger] Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it to touch [Moses'] feet, and said, Surely a husband of blood you are to me! American Standard Version (1901) Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. Common English Bible But Zipporah took a sharp-edged flint stone and cut off her son’s foreskin. Then she touched Moses’ genitals with it, and she said, “You are my bridegroom because of bloodshed.” Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, Zipporah took a very sharp stone, and she circumcised the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, "You are a bloody spouse to me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me. |
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.”
And Shime-i said as he cursed, “Begone, begone, you man of blood, you worthless fellow!
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daugher Zipporah.
So he let him alone. Then it was that she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.