Genesis 17

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly."

3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

Then Abram fell facedown, and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

"As for me, look, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

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

Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed 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 to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

God said to Abraham, "As for you, you are to keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

10 And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

12 Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your descendants.

13 He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. And I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you."

19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

And God said, "Truly, Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Look, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

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

25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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

26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

27 And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.

All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.