Genesis 17:13

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
born	יְלִ֥יד ye.Lid	H3211	born · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ bei.te.Kha	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bought	וּמִקְנַ֣ת u.mik.Nat	H4736	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
money	כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ kas.Pe.kha	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
needs	הִמּ֧וֹל hi.Mol	H4135	to cut short · verb, niphal infinitive construct
circumcised	יִמּ֛וֹל yi.Mol	H4135	to cut short · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
covenant	בְרִיתִ֛י ve.ri.Ti	H1285	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of fl… · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
flesh	בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם biv.sar.Khem	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
everlasting	עוֹלָֽם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
covenant	לִבְרִ֥ית liv.Rit	H1285	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of fl… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct

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Cross-references

Exodus 12:44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Genesis 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
Nehemiah 5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your…
Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, a…
Genesis 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were c…
Genesis 39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the…
Exodus 21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:7-14

Here is, I. The continuance of the covenant, intimated in three things: - 1. It is established; not to be altered nor revoked. It is fixed, it is ratified, it is made as firm as the divine power and truth can make it. 2. It is entailed; it is a covenant, not with Abraham only (then it would die with him), but with his seed after him, not only his seed after the flesh, but his spiritual seed. 3. It is everlasting in the evangelical sense and meaning of it. The covenant of grace is everlasting. It is from everlasting in the counsels of it, and to everlasting in the consequences of it; and the external administration of it is transmitted with the seal of it to the seed of believers, and the int…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 17:10

Every man child among you shall be circumcised--This was the sign in the Old Testament Church as baptism is in the New, and hence the covenant is called "covenant of circumcision" (Act 7:8; Rom 4:11). The terms of the covenant were these: on the one hand Abraham and his seed were to observe the right of circumcision; and on the other, God promised, in the event of such observance, to give them Canaan for a perpetual possession, to be a God to him and his posterity, and that in him and his seed all nations should be blessed.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 17:13

He that is born in thy house - The son of a servant; he that is bought with thy money - a slave on his coming into the family. According to the Jewish writers the father was to circumcise his son; and the master, the servant born in his house, or the slave bought with money. If the father or master neglected to do this, then the magistrates were obliged to see it performed; if the neglect of this ordinance was unknown to the magistrates, then the person himself, when he came of age, was obliged to do it.

John Gill on Genesis 17:13

He that is born in thine house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised,.... Or "in circumcising shall be circumcised" (l), shall certainly be circumcised; this is repeated to denote the necessity of it, and what care should be taken that this be done, because there was to be no uncircumcised male among them, Genesis 17:10; nor any conversation and communion to be had among them, especially in a religious way. And my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant; circumcision was to be seen in their flesh, and no methods were to be taken to draw over the foreskin again, but it was to continue as long as they lived; and so in their posterity, in all succ…

The Church Fathers

God's covenant is "in the flesh" of the person who "does not fight on the terms of the flesh" and who "always carries about in his body the death of Jesus."
— Cyril of Alexandria, CATENA ON GENESIS 3.1027

And My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. By which covenant it is surely signified that I will clothe your flesh and soul together with perpetual renewal and immortality.
— Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

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Dictionary and topics

Abraham — Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred…
Circumcision — Cutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was appointed by God to be the special badge of his chosen people, an abiding sign of their consecration to him. It was…
Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Money — Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this word is used in connection with the purchase of the cave of Machpelah (23:16), and again…
Abraham · Circumcision of — Circumcision of
Church Of Israel · Admission into, by circumcision — Admission into, by circumcision
Circumcision · Institution of — Institution of
Covenant, The · Made with: Abraham — Made with: Abraham
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as
Proselytes · Required: To be circumcised — Required: To be circumcised
Servant · .Rights of those born to a master — .Rights of those born to a master
Servants · Slaves or bond: When foreigners to be circumcised

Genesis 17:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:7-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 17:10

Adam Clarke on Genesis 17:13

John Gill on Genesis 17:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 17:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:7-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 17:10

Adam Clarke on Genesis 17:13

John Gill on Genesis 17:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 17:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 17:9-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 17:9-14