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Genesis 17:24

Abraham
Obedience

22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

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BSB
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
KJV
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
WEB
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
ASV
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
DARBY
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
BLB
And Abraham [was] a son of ninety-nine years when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
ÅB
Abraham var ni og nitti år gammel da hans forhud ble omskåret.
OTB
I en alder av nittini år ble Abraham omskåret på kjødet av sin forhud.
B1930
Abraham var ni og nitti år gammel da hans forhud blev omskåret.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 4:11

    And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

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  • Genesis 12:4

    So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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  • Genesis 17:17

    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

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  • Romans 4:19–20

    Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

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  • Genesis 17:1

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

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