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Genesis 17:23

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And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

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  1. Genesis 17:21

    But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  2. Genesis 17:22

    And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

  3. Genesis 17:24

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

  4. Genesis 17:25

    And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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