Genesis 17:24

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

In Context

23Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.

25And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.

Read all of Genesis 17

Cross References

Genesis 12:4And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 17:17Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 21:5when he was one hundred years old. Indeed, at this stage of his father’s life, Isaac was born.

Romans 4:19And he was not weakened in faith, nor did he consider his own body to be dead (though he was then almost one hundred years old), nor the womb of Sarah to be dead.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:24-27

Circumcision of Abraham, &c. ( b. c. 1898.) 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 17:24