Genesis 17:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

û-ḇen-šəmōnat yāmîm yimmôl lāḵem kol-zāḵār lə-ḏōrōtêḵem yəlîḏ bāyit û-miqnat-kesep̄ mikkōl ben-nēḵār ʾăšer lōʾ mi-zarʿăḵā hûʾ

Grammar Details

• *û-ḇen*: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and son of
• *šəmōnat*: cardinal number feminine singular construct - eight of
• *yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
• *yimmôl*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall be circumcised
• *lāḵem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you (plural)
• *kol*: noun masculine singular construct - every
• *zāḵār*: noun masculine singular - male
• *lə-ḏōrōtêḵem*: preposition + noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - throughout your generations
• *yəlîḏ*: noun masculine singular construct - one born in
• *bāyit*: noun masculine singular - house
• *û-miqnat*: conjunction + noun feminine singular construct - and acquisition of
• *kesep̄*: noun masculine singular - money/silver
• *mikkōl*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - from every
• *ben*: noun masculine singular construct - son of
• *nēḵār*: noun masculine singular - foreigner/stranger
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *mi-zarʿăḵā*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your offspring
• *hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he

Word Meanings

• *yəlîḏ bāyit*: house-born/born in household/home-born slave
• *miqnat-kesep̄*: purchased with money/bought with silver
• *ben-nēḵār*: foreigner/stranger/alien

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, both those born in your household and those bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he that is eight{H8083} days{H3117} old{H1121} shall be circumcised{H4135} among you, every male{H2145} throughout your generations,{H1755} he that is born{H3211} in the house,{H1004} or bought{H4736} with money{H3701} of any foreigner{H1121} that is not of thy seed.{H2233}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he that is eight{H8083} days{H3117} old{H1121} shall be circumcised{H4135}{(H8735)} among you, every man child{H2145} in your generations{H1755}, he that is born{H3211} in the house{H1004}, or bought{H4736} with money{H3701} of any stranger{H1121}{H5236}, which is not of thy seed{H2233}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And euery manchilde when it is viij. dayes olde shal be circucysed amonge you in youre generations and all servauntes also borne at home or boughte with money though they be straungers and not of thy seed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Euery manchilde whan it is eight dayes olde, shalbe circucyded thorow out youre posterities: In like maner all housholde folkes borne at home, or bought, or eny other also that is a strauger and not of thy sede.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And euery man childe of eight dayes olde among you, shalbe circumcised in your generations, aswell he that is borne in thine house, as he that is bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seede.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And euery man chylde of eyght dayes olde shalbe circumcised amongst you in your generations, both he that is borne in thy house, as he that is bought with money of any straunger, whiche is not of thy seede.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He who is eight days old will 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 seed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 12:3 : 3 And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
• Luke 2:21 : 21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the child, his name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
• Luke 1:59 : 59 So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.
• Exod 12:48-49 : 48 And when a stranger dwells with you, and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native to the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.
• Phil 3:5 : 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
• Gen 17:23 : 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and 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 that very same day, as God had said to him.
• Gen 21:4 : 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
• John 7:22-23 : 22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
• Acts 7:8 : 8 And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
• Rom 2:28 : 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: