Genesis 17:27
And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the bought servants and strangers were circumcised with him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26dummy verses inserted by amos
28The selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his son.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.
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 →