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Genesis 17:27

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

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Arcana Coelestia #6131

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6131. 'And they came to him in the second year' means the beginning of the next state. This is clear from what comes before this, thus without any further explanation.

  
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