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Genesis 17:24

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

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So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.

You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”

Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children.

Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous—even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.




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