Genesis 17 · Verse 25

Genesis 17:25

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:25, King James Version

Genesis 17:25 in other translations

BSBand his son Ishmael was thirteen;
WEBIshmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
ASVAnd Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
YLTand Ishmael his son is a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
DARBYAnd Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
BBEAnd Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.
WebsterAnd Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

What does Genesis 17:25 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…

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Genesis 17:25 in the original Hebrew

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וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלve.yish.ma.'Eland IshmaelH3458
בְּנ֔וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
שְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.Loshthir-H7969
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּהִ֨מֹּל֔וֹbe.Hi.mo.Lowhen was circumcised heH4135
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
בְּשַׂ֥רbe.Sar[the] flesh ofH1320
עָרְלָתֽוֹ\׃a.re.la.Toforeskin hisH6190

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Not only the Jews, but the Arabs, who are the descendants of Ishmael, retain the rite of circumcision to this day; and the latter perform it, as the other Mahometanus also do, at the age of thirteen.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 17:26

    In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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Genesis 17:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E Ismael su hijo era de trece años, cuando fué circuncidada la carne de su prepucio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de 13 ans lorsqu’il fut circoncis en la chair de son prépuce.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Ismael, sein Sohn, war dreizehn Jahre alt, als er am Fleische seiner Vorhaut beschnitten wurde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et Ismaël filius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suæ.