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 nephew had been taken prisoner, he gathered together 318 of his trained men, who had been born in his household, and they went out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 15:3
Look!" Abram said, "You haven't given me any offspring, so a servant born in my house is going to be my heir."
Exodus 12:44
though any slave purchased with money 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 children belong to her master, and he is to go out by himself.
Bought
Genesis 37:27
Come on! Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites! That way, we won't have laid our hands on him. After all, he's our brother, our own flesh."
Genesis 39:1
Meanwhile, Joseph had been delivered to Egypt and turned over to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials and the Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards. An Egyptian, he bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
Exodus 21:2
"When you acquire a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh he is to go out a free man without paying anything.
Nehemiah 5:5
Now our bodies are no different than the bodies of our relatives, and our children are like their children. Nevertheless, we're about to force our sons and daughters into slavery, and some of our daughters are already in bondage. It's beyond our power to do anything about it, because our fields and vineyards belong to others."
Matthew 18:25
Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.