Genesis 17:12 meaning and explanation
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
Genesis 17:12, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking to Abram, now renamed Abraham, as he establishes his covenant with him in Genesis 17. This verse sets the timing and scope of circumcision, the covenant sign: every male, whether a son of the household or a servant bought from a foreigner, is to be circumcised on the eighth day.
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