Commentary for Genesis 17:12
וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא׃
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, that is not of thy seed.
Rashi on Genesis
יליד בית HE THAT IS BORN IN THE HOUSE — one to whom a handmaid gave birth in the house.
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Radak on Genesis
ובן שמונת ימים ימול, he is to be circumcised when 8 days old; a passive mode of the root מול. Accordingly, we must understand that the primary duty of performing the circumcision is that of the baby's father.
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Rav Hirsch on Torah
(12-13) Wir haben im 4. und 5. Jahrgang des Jeschurun eine ausführliche Entwicklung der Milainstitution und ihrer Bedeutung versucht, und verweisen hierauf insbesondere noch hinsichtlich der Bestimmung, die Beschneidung am achten Tage, — (in besonderen Fällen auch sofort am ersten) — vorzunehmen.
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