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12 And at eight days of age[a] you shall yourselves circumcise every male belonging to your generations and the servant born in your house and the one bought from any foreigner[b] who is not from your offspring. 13 You must certainly circumcise[c] the servant born in your house and the one bought from any foreigner.[d] And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an everlasting covenant. 14 And as for any uncircumcised male who has not circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his[e] people. He has broken my covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:12 Literally “a son of eight days”
  2. Genesis 17:12 Literally “those born of house and acquisition of money from every son of a foreigner”
  3. Genesis 17:13 Literally “circumcising you will circumcise”
  4. Genesis 17:13 Literally “those born of house and acquisition of money from every son of a foreigner”
  5. Genesis 17:14 Literally “her”; the reference is still to a male; the pronoun is feminine because “person” (nephesh) is grammatically feminine

12 For the generations to come(A) every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised,(B) including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.(C) My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.(D) 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised(E) in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;(F) he has broken my covenant.(G)

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