Genesis 17:13

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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.

Born

Bought

Matthew 18:25

Bible References

Born

When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir."

but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.

Bought

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.

Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards."

And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.