< 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.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
Abram bowed low with his face to the ground and God talked with him, saying,
4 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the 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.
No longer will your name be Abram, but your name will be Abraham—for I appoint you to be the father of a multitude of nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will descend 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.
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants 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.”
I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land where you have been living, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting 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.
Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout 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 must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you must 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.
You must be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be the 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.
Every male among you that is eight days old must be circumcised, throughout your people's generations. This includes him who is born into your household and him who is bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
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 who is born into your household and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus my covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”
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 to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai any more. Instead, her name will be 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.”
I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”
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?”
Then Abraham bowed low with his face to the ground, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? How can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
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.
God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you must name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant with his descendants 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.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I hereby bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him abundantly. He will be the father of twelve leaders of tribes, and I will make him become 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 I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time in the next year.”
22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
When he had finished talking with him, 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.
Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all those who were born into his household, and all those who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in that same day, as God had said to him.
24 So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
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 the very same day Abraham and Ishmael his son were both circumcised.
27 And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
All the men of his household were circumcised with him, including those born into the household and those bought with money from a foreigner.

< Genesis 17 >