Genesis 17:24

Genesis 17:24

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

a. NLT: Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

b. NIV: Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

c. YLT: And Abraham is a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

d. Amplified Bible: And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.

e. And Abraam was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 

f. Stone Edition Chumash: Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised on the flesh of his surplusage;

1. “And Abraham was ninety years old and nine…”

a. Abraham [85 * ‘Abraham] [Strong: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:--Abraham.]

b. ninety [8673 * tish’iym] [Strong: multiple from 8672; ninety:--ninety.]

c. years [8141 * shaneh] [Strong: from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).]

d. old [1121 * ben] [Strong: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

e. and nine [8672 * ] [Strong: perhaps from 8159 through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ord.) ninth:--nine (+ -teen, + -teenth, -th).]

2. “…when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”

a. when he was circumcised [4135 * muwl] [Strong: a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy:--circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, X must needs.]

b. in the flesh [1320 * basar] [Strong: from 1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man:--body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.]

c. of his foreskin [6190 * ‘orlah] [Strong: feminine of 6189; the prepuce:--foreskin, + uncircumcised.]