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Genesis 17:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised. Literally, circumcised, must be circumcised, he that is born, &c; the niph. inf. abe. with the finite verb occupying the place of emphasis at the beginning of the sentence.

And my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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