Genesis 17:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 17:24

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is a good example to masters of families; they and their houses must serve the Lord. Though God's covenant was not established with Ishmael, yet he was circumcised; for children of believing parents, as such, have a right to the privileges of the visible church, and the seals of the covenant, whatever they may prove afterwards.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם	ve.'Av.ra.Ham	and Abraham	H85 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[was] a son of	H1121 →
תִּשְׁעִ֥ים	tish.'Im	ninety	H8673 →
וָתֵ֖שַׁע	va.Te.sha'	and nine	H8672 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
בְּהִמֹּל֖וֹ	be.hi.mo.Lo	when was circumcised he	H4135 →
בְּשַׂ֥ר	be.Sar	[the] flesh of	H1320 →
עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃	a.re.la.To	foreskin his	H6190 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Luke 1:6
  Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Genesis 18:14
  Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 6:9
  This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Through
Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:8
  By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
Through
Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but…
leads to
- Luke 19:9
  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
- Romans 3:22
  And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

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