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Genesis 17:23-25
New English Translation

23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money)[a] and circumcised them[b] on that very same day, just as God had told him to do. 24 Now Abraham was 99 years old[c] when he was circumcised;[d] 25 his son Ishmael was thirteen years old[e] when he was circumcised.

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  1. Genesis 17:23 tn Heb “Ishmael his son and all born in his house and all bought with money, every male among the men of the house of Abraham.”
  2. Genesis 17:23 tn Heb “circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.” The Hebrew expression is somewhat pleonastic and has been simplified in the translation.
  3. Genesis 17:24 tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”
  4. Genesis 17:24 tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).
  5. Genesis 17:25 tn Heb “the son of thirteen years.”
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