Reference

Genesis 17:9

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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

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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

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Israel as Distinct

The strongest argument against this verse supporting "Israel as Distinct" is that the covenant described here, while initially made with Abraham and his descendants, is often interpreted by Christian theology as being fulfilled or superseded by the New Covenant in Christ. In this view, the "seed" is ultimately Christ, and through Him, all believers (both Jew and Gentile) become part of the spiritual Israel, thus blurring the distinction of a separate, ethnically defined Israel with unique promis