Genesis 12:4
4So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from aHaran.Genesis 17:1
Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision
1When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; ▼▼Hebrew El Shaddai
walk before me, and be cblameless, Genesis 17:17
17Then Abraham dfell on his face eand laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”Romans 4:11
11 fHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was gto make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,Romans 4:19-20
19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was has good as dead ( isince he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered jthe barrenness ▼▼Greek deadness
of Sarah’s womb. 20No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
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