Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Bible References
Born
Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 15:3
Abram continued, “Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.”
Exodus 12:44
But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.
Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone.
Bought
Genesis 37:27
Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and they agreed.
Genesis 39:1
Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
Exodus 21:2
“When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man without paying anything.
Nehemiah 5:5
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Matthew 18:25 Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.