They must indeed be circumcised,<n id="1" /> whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant<n id="2" /> will be visible in your flesh as a permanent<n id="3" /> reminder.

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

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Israel is not a slave, is he?p> <p class="poetry">He was not born into slavery, was he?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If not, why then is he being carried off?p>

Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old<n id="1" /> must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.