Genesis 17:12
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An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:

he that is eight days old.

Genesis 21:4 And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,

Leviticus 12:3 And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

Luke 1:59 And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and they called him by his father's name Zachary.

Luke 2:21 And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

John 7:22,23 Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man. . . .

Acts 7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 2:28 For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly: nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh.

Philippians 3:5 Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews. According to the law, a Pharisee:

is born.

Genesis 17:23 And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were born in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house: and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him.

Exodus 12:48,49 And if any stranger be willing to dwell among you, and to keep the Phase of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then shall he celebrate it according to the manner: and he shall be as he that is born in the land: but if any man be uncircumcised, he shall not eat thereof. . . .

Context
The Covenant of Circumcision
11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:13And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.…
Cross References
Luke 1:59
And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and they called him by his father's name Zachary.

Luke 2:21
And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Genesis 21:4
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,

Exodus 12:44
But every bought servant shall be circumcised, and so shall eat.

Exodus 22:30
Thou shalt do the same with the firstborn of thy oxen also and sheep: seven days let it be with its dam: the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.

Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

Lexicon
Generation after generation,
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

male
זָכָ֖ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2145: Remembered, a male

must be circumcised
יִמּ֥וֹל (yim·mō·wl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

when he is eight
שְׁמֹנַ֣ת (šə·mō·naṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth

days old,
יָמִ֗ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

including those born
יְלִ֣יד (yə·lîḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3211: Born

in your household
בָּ֔יִת (bā·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and those purchased
וּמִקְנַת־ (ū·miq·naṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4736: A buying, acquisition, a piece of property, the sum paid

from a
מִכֹּ֣ל (mik·kōl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

foreigner—
נֵכָ֔ר (nê·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5236: That which is foreign, foreignness

even those
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

who
אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

are not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

your offspring.
מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ (miz·zar·‘ă·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity


Additional Translations
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.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 your seed.

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.

And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.

And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you -- he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.

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 stranger, which is not of thy seed.

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

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.

'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;
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