* not in circumcision.
   "Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness," at least 14
   years before he was circumcised; the former having taken place
   some time before Ishmael's birth, at which time he was 86
   years old, and the other when Ishmael was 13; years of age, and
   Abraham 99.

  Ge 15:5,6,16  16:1-3  17:1,10,23-27  1Co 7:18,19  Ga 5:6  6:15