Avraham took Yishma'el his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Avraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
Genesis 34:24 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Chamor, and to Shekhem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the people who went out of the town gate listened and heeded what Hamor and Shechem said; and every male was circumcised who was a resident of that town. American Standard Version (1901) And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. Common English Bible Everyone at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, so every able-bodied male in the city was circumcised. Catholic Public Domain Version And they all agreed to circumcise every one of the males. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males. |
Avraham took Yishma'el his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Avraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
Now `Efron was sitting in the middle of the children of Chet. `Efron the Chittite answered Avraham in the hearing of the children of Chet, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
to Avraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.*
*Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the mitzvot of God.