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Genesis 17:12

WEB

12He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.

KJV

12And 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.

BSB

12Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreignereven those who are not your offspring.

FBV

12From now and for all generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised. This includes not only your sons but also those born in your household or bought from foreigners.

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Extra References

Leviticus 12:3

3In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.


Luke 2:21

21When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.


Philippians 3:5

5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;


Exodus 12:48-49

48When a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, and would like to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it. He shall be as one who is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.”


Luke 1:59

59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.


Acts 7:8

8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.


Genesis 21:4

4Abraham [+] circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.


Genesis 17:23

23Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.


John 7:22-23

22Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. 23If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?


Romans 2:28

28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;