Genesis 17:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,”
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“So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 17:24 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Genesis 21:5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
- 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 righteousness might be credited to them.
- Romans 4:19Without 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.
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