Genesis 17:13

17:13 They must indeed be circumcised, ¹  whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant ²  will be visible in your flesh as a permanent ³  reminder.

Genesis 34:22

34:22 Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand ⁴  that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

Genesis 17:24

17:24 Now Abraham was 99 years old ⁵  when he was circumcised; ⁶ 

Genesis 17:26

17:26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

Genesis 17:25

17:25 his son Ishmael was thirteen years old ⁷  when he was circumcised.

Genesis 17:27

17:27 All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Genesis 21:4

21:4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, ⁸  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ⁹ 

Genesis 34:15

34:15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become ¹⁰  like us by circumcising ¹¹  all your males.

Genesis 34:17

34:17 But if you do not agree to our terms ¹²  by being circumcised, then we will take ¹³  our sister ¹⁴  and depart.”

Genesis 17:10

17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: ¹⁵  Every male among you must be circumcised. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 17:14

17:14 Any uncircumcised male ¹⁷  who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off ¹⁸  from his people – he has failed to carry out my requirement.” ¹⁹ 

Genesis 34:24

34:24 All the men who assembled at the city gate ²⁰  agreed with ²¹  Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate ²²  was circumcised.

Genesis 17:12

17:12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old ²³  must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

Genesis 17:23

17:23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) ²⁴  and circumcised them ²⁵  on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.

[17:13]  ¹ tn The emphatic construction employs the Niphal imperfect tense (collective singular) and the Niphal infinitive.

[17:13]  ² tn Heb “my covenant.” Here in v. 13 the Hebrew word בְּרִית (bÿrit) refers to the outward, visible sign, or reminder, of the covenant. For the range of meaning of the term, see the note on the word “requirement” in v. 9.

[17:13]  ³ tn Or “an eternal.”

[34:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “when every one of our males is circumcised.”

[17:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”

[17:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).

[17:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the son of thirteen years.”

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “Isaac his son, the son of eight days.” The name “Isaac” is repeated in the translation for clarity.

[21:4]  ¹⁴ sn Just as God had commanded him to do. With the birth of the promised child, Abraham obeyed the Lord by both naming (Gen 17:19) and circumcising Isaac (17:12).

[34:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “if you are like us.”

[34:15]  ¹⁷ tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.

[34:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “listen to us.”

[34:17]  ²⁰ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

[34:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “daughter.” Jacob’s sons call Dinah their daughter, even though she was their sister (see v. 8). This has been translated as “sister” for clarity.

[17:10]  ²² tn Heb “This is my covenant that you must keep between me and you and your descendants after you.”

[17:10]  ²³ sn For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Light of the Priestly ‘ot Etiologies,” RB 81 (1974): 557-96.

[17:14]  ²⁵ tn The disjunctive clause calls attention to the “uncircumcised male” and what will happen to him.

[17:14]  ²⁶ tn Heb “that person will be cut off.” The words “that person” have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “he has broken my covenant.” The noun בְּרִית (bÿrit) here refers to the obligation required by God in conjunction with the covenantal agreement. For the range of meaning of the term, see the note on the word “requirement” in v. 9.

[34:24]  ²⁸ tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

[34:24]  ²⁹ tn Heb “listened to.”

[34:24]  ³⁰ tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

[17:12]  ³¹ tn Heb “the son of eight days.”

[17:23]  ³⁴ tn Heb “Ishmael his son and all born in his house and all bought with money, every male among the men of the house of Abraham.”

[17:23]  ³⁵ tn Heb “circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.” The Hebrew expression is somewhat pleonastic and has been simplified in the translation.