The Circumcision of a Master's Servants and the Passover

"And every man's servant" (Exodus 12:44). I know only of a man's servant; how do I know the servant of a woman or a minor? Scripture teaches, "bought with money," from any source. Shmuel said: One who declares his servant ownerless has gone free and needs no writ of emancipation, as it is said, "and every man's servant bought with money," a man's servant and not a woman's servant; rather, a servant over whom his master has authority is called a servant, and one over whom his master has no authority is not called a servant. "And when you have circumcised him, then he shall eat of it" teaches that the circumcision of his servants prevents him from eating the Passover. I know only of the circumcision of his servants; how do I know the circumcision of his males? You may reason it out: "then" is said here and "then" is said further on; just as further on it concerns the circumcision of his males, so here it concerns the circumcision of his males, and just as here it concerns the circumcision of his servants, so further on it concerns the circumcision of his servants; these are the words of Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yishmael says: The circumcision of his servants does not prevent him from eating the Passover. Then what does Scripture teach by "and when you have circumcised him, then he shall eat of it"? Rather, if a man had uncircumcised servants before him, how do we know that if he wished to circumcise them and feed them the Passover he is permitted? Scripture teaches, "and when you have circumcised him, then he shall eat of it." We find that he is permitted to keep uncircumcised servants, as it is said, "that the son of your handmaid may be refreshed" (Exodus 23:12). Rabbi Eliezer says: He is not permitted to keep uncircumcised servants, as it is said, "and when you have circumcised him." If so, what does Scripture teach by "that the son of your handmaid may be refreshed"? Rather, that his master acquired him on the eve of the Sabbath at dusk and did not manage to circumcise him before it grew dark; therefore it is said, "that the son of your handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed." Another interpretation: "and when you have circumcised him, then he shall eat of it." Why is it said? To include one in whom the commandment of circumcision was fulfilled even for a single hour, that even though the flesh grew back and covered the corona, it does not prevent him from eating, neither the Passover nor the heave-offering; and concerning this our teachers took a count at Lod and said it does not interpose with regard to ritual impurity.