Genesis 17:24
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:24 in other translations
| BSB | So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, |
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| WEB | Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
| ASV | And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
| YLT | And Abraham is a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; |
| DARBY | And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
| BBE | Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision. |
| Webster | And Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
What does Genesis 17:24 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 17:23-27
Abraham and all his family were circumcised; so receiving the token of the covenant, and distinguishing themselves from other families that had no part nor lot in the matter. It was an implicit obedience; he did as God said unto him, and did not ask why or wherefore. He did it because God bade him. It was a speedy obedience; in the self-same day. Sincere obedience makes no delay. Not only the doctrines of…
Genesis 17:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 17:24
- Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
- Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
- Romans 4:19-20
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
- Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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Context
- Genesis 17:23
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.
- Genesis 17:24
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
- Genesis 17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Era Abraham de edad de noventa y nueve años cuando circuncidó la carne de su prepucio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abraham était âgé de 99 ans lorsqu’il fut circoncis en la chair de son prépuce; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Abraham war 99 Jahre alt, als er am Fleische seiner Vorhaut beschnitten wurde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Abraham nonaginta et novem erat annorum quando circumcidit carnem præputii sui. |