Genesis 17:24 “So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,”

Genesis 17:24

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

Bible in Basic English

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

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Cross references

“And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”

Romans 4:11 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 17:17 Genesis 12:4 Romans 4:19 Romans 4:20

Romans 4:11 · BSB

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteous…

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 17:17 · BSB

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 12:4 · BSB

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Romans 4:19 · BSB

Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

Romans 4:20 · BSB

Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

25and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

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