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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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Footnotes

  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.”

23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household(A) or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.(B) 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old(C) when he was circumcised,(D) 25 and his son Ishmael(E) was thirteen;

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