Genesis 17:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Cross References

Genesis 12:4

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

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.

Genesis 17:11

You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Romans 4:11

He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,