The Meaning of Genesis 17:27 Explained

Genesis 17:27

KJV: And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

YLT: and all the men of his house -- born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.

Darby: and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

ASV: And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the men  of his house,  born  in the house,  and bought  with money  of the stranger,  were circumcised  with him. 

What does Genesis 17:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 17:15-27 - Isaac Is Promised
There are two allusions to laughter in these chapters. Sarah's was the laugh of incredulity, see Genesis 18:12; but Abraham's was the laugh of happy confidence, which reckoned on God. As r.v. puts it, he looked his difficulties in the face, and then turned away to the promise of God, and wavered not, but waxed strong, giving glory to God. Ponder Romans 4:20-21. Therefore, he obtained promises for his wife, for Ishmael, and for the coming child, which was to bear the name of Laughter, partly because of that hour, and also because he would bring sunshine into the old man's life. His heart had entwined about Ishmael. As he had watched the masterful and clever youth, he had said to himself, "He will hold the camp together when I am gone." But the divine covenant could not be with one that had slave-blood in his veins and was not to abide in the house forever. See John 8:35; Galatians 4:22. The covenant is always with Isaac. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 17

1  God renews the covenant with Abram,
5  and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing
9  Circumcision is instituted
15  Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed
17  Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed
23  Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised

What do the individual words in Genesis 17:27 mean?

And all the men of his house born in the house or bought with money from a son a foreigner were circumcised with him -
וְכָל־ אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־ כֶּ֖סֶף מֵאֵ֣ת בֶּן־ נֵכָ֑ר נִמֹּ֖לוּ אִתּֽוֹ פ

וְכָל־  And  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אַנְשֵׁ֤י  the  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בֵיתוֹ֙  of  his  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְלִ֣יד  born  in 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יָלִיד  
Sense: born.
בָּ֔יִת  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וּמִקְנַת־  or  bought  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִקְנָה  
Sense: purchase.
כֶּ֖סֶף  money 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
בֶּן־  a  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נֵכָ֑ר  a  foreigner 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵכָר  
Sense: foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign.
נִמֹּ֖לוּ  were  circumcised 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מוּל 
Sense: to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off.
אִתּֽוֹ  with  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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