Genesis 17 · Verse 26

Genesis 17:26

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis 17:26, King James Version

Genesis 17:26 in other translations

BSBAbraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
WEBIn the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
ASVIn the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
YLTin this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
DARBYIn the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
BBEAbraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.
WebsterIn the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

What does Genesis 17:26 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 17:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙be.'E.tzemon [the] substance ofH6106
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
נִמּ֖וֹלni.Molhe was circumcisedH4135
אַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלve.yish.ma.'Eland IshmaelH3458
בְּנֽוֹ\׃be.Noson hisH1121

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

Cross references for Genesis 17:26

  • Psalms 119:60

    I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

  • 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 22:3-4

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

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12:4; 22:3,4; Ps 119:60

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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 17:27

    And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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Genesis 17:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En el mismo día fué circuncidado Abraham é Ismael su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
En ce même jour-là Abraham fut circoncis, et Ismaël son fils,
German
Elberfelder 1871
An diesem selbigen Tage wurde Abraham beschnitten und Ismael, sein Sohn;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Eadem die circumcisus est Abraham et Ismaël filius ejus: