Genesis 17:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Every male born in your household or bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus, My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    He that is born{H3211} in thy house,{H1004} and he that is bought{H4736} with thy money,{H3701} must needs{H4135} be circumcised:{H4135} and my covenant{H1285} shall be in your flesh{H1320} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant.{H1285}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    He that is born{H3211} in thy house{H1004}, and he that is bought{H4736} with thy money{H3701}, must needs{H4135}{(H8736)} be circumcised{H4135}{(H8735)}: and my covenant{H1285} shall be in your flesh{H1320} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    The seruaunte borne in thy housse ad he also that is bought with money must needes be circumcysed that my testament may be in youre flesh for an everlastinge bonde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus shall my couenaunt be in youre flesh for an euerlastinge couenaunt.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He that is borne in thine house, & he that is bought with thy money, must needes be circumcised: so my couenant shall be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He that is borne in thy house, and he also that is bought with money, must needes be circumcised: & my couenaut shalbe in your fleshe for an euerlastyng couenaunt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    he is certainly circumcised who `is' born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 12:44 : 44 But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.
  • Exod 21:2 : 2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free, without paying anything.
  • Exod 21:4 : 4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
  • Exod 21:16 : 16 He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
  • Neh 5:5 : 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer.
  • Matt 18:25 : 25 But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
  • Gen 14:14 : 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
  • Gen 15:3 : 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.
  • Gen 37:27 : 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.
  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 17:9-12
    4 verses
    91%

    9 And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

    10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

    11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

    12 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.

  • Gen 17:14
    83%

    14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

  • Gen 17:23-27
    5 verses
    83%

    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.

    24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    26 On that very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

    27 And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

  • Lev 12:3
    77%

    3 And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • Exod 12:44
    76%

    44 But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

  • Exod 12:48
    73%

    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.

  • Gen 17:7
    72%

    7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

  • Acts 7:8
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 34:22
    71%

    22 Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

  • Gen 34:15
    71%

    15 But in this will we consent unto you: If you will become as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

  • Deut 15:17
    70%

    17 Then you shall take an awl, and pierce it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant, you shall do likewise.

  • Lev 22:11
    70%

    11 But if the priest buys any one with his money, he may eat of it, and he who is born in his house: they may eat of his food.

  • Exod 13:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11 And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

    12 That you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S.

    13 And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children you shall redeem.

  • 1 Cor 7:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

    19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

  • Num 18:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

    16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

  • Ezek 44:7
    70%

    7 When you brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to defile it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they broke my covenant because of all your abominations.

  • Rom 2:25-28
    4 verses
    69%

    25 For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

    26 Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

    27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

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

  • Lev 25:45
    69%

    45 Moreover of the children of the strangers who dwell among you, from them shall you buy, and from their families that are with you, which they begot in your land: and they shall be your possession.

  • Gen 17:19
    69%

    19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

  • Deut 10:16
    69%

    16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

  • Jer 34:13
    69%

    13 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

  • Ezek 44:9
    68%

    9 Thus says the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter my sanctuary, any stranger who is among the children of Israel.

  • Gal 3:15
    68%

    15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.

  • Gen 17:2
    68%

    2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

  • John 7:22
    68%

    22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

  • Gen 21:4
    68%

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