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Genesis 17:12

And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

In Context

11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and [that] shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

13He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Exodus 12:48And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and hold it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

Luke 1:59And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.

John 7:22Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.

Romans 2:28For he is not a Jew who [is] one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:8-15

7 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. 8 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. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep,… Read the whole commentary →

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