Genesis 17:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee, the next (A)year at this season.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 ¶ Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, every man-child among the men of Abraham’s house, and [a]he circumcised the foreskin of their flesh in that selfsame day, as God had commanded him.
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- Genesis 17:23 They were well instructed which obeyed to be circumcised without resistance: which thing declareth that masters in their houses ought to be as preachers to their families, that from the highest to the lowest they may obey the will of God.
Genesis 17:21-23
New International Version
21 But my covenant(A) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you(B) by this time next year.”(C) 22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.(D)
23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household(E) or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.(F)
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