^17:13They must indeed be circumcised,³⁰ whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant³¹ will be visible in your flesh as a permanent³² reminder.

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Footnotes

30 The emphatic construction employs the Niphal imperfect tense (collective singular) and the Niphal infinitive.
31 Heb “my covenant.” Here in v. 13 the Hebrew word בְּרִית (bérit) refers to the outward, visible sign, or reminder, of the covenant. For the range of meaning of the term, see the note on the word “requirement” in v. .
32 Or “an eternal.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant.

NLTNew Living Translation

All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You must certainly circumcise the servant born in your house and the one bought with your money. And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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