Genesis 17:25
Ishmael [Pays attention God], his son, was thirteen years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin. + 17:25 Context: In Hebrew it can be read that Ishmael circumcised himself and therefore not Abraham. This calls to debate if Ishmael was circumcised within the covenant that Abraham received from God or if he did so himself in response to what God had told Abraham.
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In The King James Version
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
In Context
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 →