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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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וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaeland Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאלconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Ishmael”H3458Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five IsraelitesIshmael.בְּנ֔וֹbenvosonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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 father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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 father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […שְׁלֹ֥שׁsheloshthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).עֶשְׂרֵ֖הesrehteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).בְּהִ֨מֹּל֔וֹbehimolvoin circumciseמוּלpreposition, verb, niphal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in circumcise”, the to-form of the verbH4135to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroycircumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּשַׂ֥רbesarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.עָרְלָתֽוֹarelatvoforeskinעׇרְלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “foreskin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6190the prepuceforeskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And Ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰσμαὴλ δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐτῶν δεκατριῶν, ἡνίκα περιετέμετο τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ.

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