Genesis 17:23
Abraham took Ishmael his son, 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 in the same day, as God had said to him.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
Joshua 5:2At that time, the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”
Proverbs 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
Acts 16:3Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Romans 4:9Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:16-23
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!… Read the whole commentary →