The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.

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.

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

as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city.

But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.

If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,

“‘If he consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased, which is not part of his own landed property,

There were two copies of the deed of purchase. One was sealed and contained the order of transfer and the conditions of purchase. The other was left unsealed.

I took both copies of the deed of purchase and gave them to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah. I gave them to him in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the deed of purchase, and all the Judeans who were housed in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

“After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord,

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

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

‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “Take these documents, both the sealed copy of the deed of purchase and the unsealed copy. Put them in a clay jar so that they may be preserved for a long time to come.”’