Genesis 17

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.

2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”

3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Abram fell prone on his face.

4 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.

5 No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.

7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”

9 God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.

10 This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.

11 You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

12 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.

13 Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.

14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”

15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.

16 And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”

17 Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”

19 But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.

23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.

24 So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.

26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.

27 And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.

And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.