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Genesis 17:23-25
New English Translation
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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- 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.”
- Genesis 17:23 tn Heb “circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.” The Hebrew expression is somewhat pleonastic and has been simplified in the translation.
- Genesis 17:24 tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”
- Genesis 17:24 tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).
- Genesis 17:25 tn Heb “the son of thirteen years.”
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