Genesis 17:24

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

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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 Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.

25Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:4So Abram set out, as the Lord had commanded him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself. “Will a child be born to one who is an hundred years old? Will Sarah who is ninety years old bear children?”

Genesis 21:5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.

Romans 4:19Though he was nearly a hundred years old, yet his faith did not fail him, even when he thought of his own body, then utterly worn out, and remembered that Sarah was past bearing children.

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 →

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