Genesis 17:25

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

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Canaan was the land God promised to Abraham’s descendants, roughly corresponding to the southern Levant along the eastern Mediterranean. Though Genesis 17:25 records Ishmael’s circumcision, the covenant sign was given within Abraham’s household in the land where God would establish his promised covenant line through Isaac.

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Genesis 17:25 mentions Canaan.