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The Covenant of Circumcision

Genesis 17:24

In 11 translations

BSB
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
KJV
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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.
LSV
And Abraham [is] a son of ninety-nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
YLT
And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
DBY
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
DRC
Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
GNV
Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.
JPS
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
LXXE
And Abraam was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע שָׁנָ֑ה בְּהִמֹּל֖וֹ בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἁβραὰμ δὲ ἐννενηκονταεννέα ἦν ἐτῶν, ἡνίκα περιετέμετο τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 4:11And 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…
  • Romans 4:19–20Without 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. Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God,…
  • Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  • Genesis 17:17Abraham 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 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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