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Genesis 17:13

Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִמּ֧וֹל׀hi.Moldefinitely <be circumcised>H4135 →
יִמּ֛וֹלyi.Molhe will be circumcisedH4135 →
יְלִ֥ידye.Lid[the] one born ofH3211 →
בֵּֽיתְךָ֖bei.te.Khahousehold yourH1004 →
וּמִקְנַ֣תu.mik.Natand [the] purchase ofH4736 →
כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָkas.Pe.khasilver yourH3701 →
וְהָיְתָ֧הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will beH1961 →
בְרִיתִ֛יve.ri.Ticovenant myH1285 →
בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖םbiv.sar.Khemin flesh yourH1320 →
לִבְרִ֥יתliv.Ritto a covenant ofH1285 →
עוֹלָֽם׃o.LamperpetuityH5769 →

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Genesis 9:16And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.Exodus 12:44But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.Leviticus 22:11But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.Nehemiah 5:8and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.Genesis 48:4and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’Exodus 21:4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.Genesis 37:27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.Exodus 21:2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.Matthew 18:25Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”Genesis 15:3Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”Exodus 21:16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.Genesis 39:1Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.Exodus 6:4I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.Leviticus 10:15They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

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