Now Abraham was 99 years old ¹  when he was circumcised; ² 

He replaced them with their sons, ¹  whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

his son Ishmael was thirteen years old ¹  when he was circumcised.

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

On ¹  the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin ²  must be circumcised.

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. ¹ 

Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand ¹  that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: ¹  Every male among you must be circumcised. ² 

When his son Isaac was eight days old, ¹  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ² 

But if you do not agree to our terms ¹  by being circumcised, then we will take ²  our sister ³  and depart.”

But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.

When all the men ¹  had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

They said to them, “We cannot give ¹  our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace ²  to us.

All the men who assembled at the city gate ¹  agreed with ²  Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate ³  was circumcised.

Now ¹  all the men ²  who left were circumcised, but all the sons ³  born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

The Lord says, “Watch out! ¹  The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh. ² 

That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. ¹  I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord’s sight. ²  Moreover, none of the people of Israel ³  are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.” ⁴ 

Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old ¹  must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

They must indeed be circumcised, ¹  whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant ²  will be visible in your flesh as a permanent ³  reminder.