When the Houseborn and the Purchased Slave Are Circumcised

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 82:2

"He shall surely be circumcised, he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money" (Genesis 17:13). There is one born in the house who is circumcised on the first day: in the case of one who buys a maidservant for her unborn child, which is not acquired by him; and according to the one who holds that acquisition of usufruct is like acquisition of the body itself, in the case of one who buys a maidservant on condition not to immerse her. There is one born in the house who is circumcised on the eighth day: in the case where he bought a maidservant and she became pregnant while with him. There is one bought with money who is circumcised on the eighth day: where he bought a maidservant and afterward she gave birth. There is one bought with money who is circumcised on the first day: where he bought a maidservant together with her child. Rav Chama said: One born in the house circumcised on the first day, such as where she gave birth and afterward he immersed her. One born in the house circumcised on the eighth day, such as where he immersed her and afterward she gave birth. One bought with money circumcised on the eighth day, such as where he bought a maidservant and afterward she gave birth. One bought with money circumcised on the first day, such as where he bought a maidservant together with her child.

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