Genesis 17:24

Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.

25And Ishmael his sonne was thirteene yeere olde, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, euen as ye Lord spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran)

Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

Genesis 21:5So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.

Romans 4:19And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

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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