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 17:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Be sure you circumcise those born in your household and those purchased with your silver. Your flesh will embody my covenant as an enduring covenant. Catholic Public Domain Version And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my covenant shall be in your flesh, for a perpetual covenant. |
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.
Abram continued, ‘Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.’
I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.
Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,’ and his brothers agreed.
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards.
Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the permanent covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth.’
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.’
and said, ‘We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.’ They remained silent and could not say a word.
But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.
‘Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.
‘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.
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.
But if a priest purchases someone with his own silver, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.
Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.