Genesis 17:24

Good News Translation

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Cross References

Genesis 12:4

When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him.

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.

Genesis 17:11

From now on you must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old, including slaves born in your homes and slaves bought from foreigners. This will show that there is a covenant between you and me.

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?”

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods.

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born.

Romans 4:11

He was circumcised later, and his circumcision was a sign to show that because of his faith God had accepted him as righteous before he had been circumcised. And so Abraham is the spiritual father of all who believe in God and are accepted as righteous by him, even though they are not circumcised.