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12 Generation after generation, every male among you is to be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth,[a] including the servant born in your house or the one purchased from a foreigner, who is not of your offspring. 13 The servant born in your house or the one purchased with money is to be circumcised. My covenant is to remain in your flesh as an eternal covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male who does not have the foreskin of his flesh circumcised on the eighth day[b] after his birth[c] is to be eliminated from his people because he has broken my covenant.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:12 The Heb. lacks after his birth
  2. Genesis 17:14 So LXX, SP, Jubilees; the Heb. lacks on the eighth day
  3. Genesis 17:14 The Heb. lacks after his birth

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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