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.
And it came to pass that, when Abram was ninety and nine years old, Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I, am GOD Almighty, —Walk, thou before me and become thou blameless:
2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
That I may set my covenant betwixt me and thee, And may multiply thee, exceedingly.
3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
And Abram fell on his face, —and God spake with him, saying:
4 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee, —So shalt thou become—father of a multitude of 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.
And thy name shall no more be called Abram, —but thy name shall become Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations, have I appointed thee;
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
And I will make thee fruitful, exceedingly, and grant thee to be nations, —Yea kings, out of thee, shall come forth;
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 confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant, —to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;
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 thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy sojournings—all the land of Canaan, for an age-abiding possession—And I will be to them a God.
9 God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
And God said unto Abraham, But, as for thee, my covenant, must thou keep, thou and thy seed after thee, to 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 ye shall keep, betwixt me and you, and thy seed after thee, —To circumcise to you every male:
11 You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
So shall ye be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, —So shall it become a sign of a covenant, betwixt 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.
And he that is eight days old, shall be circumcised to you every male to your generations, —he that is born of the house, and he that is bought with silver of any son of a stranger, who is, not of thy seed,
13 Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
He must surely be circumcised, born of thy house or bought with thy silver, —So shall my covenant be in your flesh for an age-abiding covenant.
14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
But, as for the uncircumcised male who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, —that person shall be cut off from among his people, —my covenant, hath he made void.
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, —but, Sarah, is her name;
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, yea moreover will give—from her—to thee, a son, —And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
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?”
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, —and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?
18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
And Abraham said unto God, —Oh that, Ishmael, might live before thee!
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—Truly, Sarah thy wife, is about to bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name, Isaac, —and I will establish my covenant with him as an age-abiding covenant, to his seed 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.
Yet as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo! I have blessed him and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly, —twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation;
21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac, —whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year.
22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
And he left off speaking with him, —and God went up 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.
So Abraham took Ishmael his son and all born of his house and all bought with his silver—every male among the men of the house of Abraham, —and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on this selfsame day, according to that which God had spoken with him.
24 So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
Now Abraham, was ninety-nine years old, —when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
On this selfsame day, was Abraham circumcised, —and Ishmael his son;
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, born of his house, and bought with silver from the son of a stranger, were circumcised with him.
