Genesis 17

1 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.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.

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

And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

3 Abram fell prone on his face.

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

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

As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

5 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.

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

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

And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

7 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.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your seed after you.

8 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.”

And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land wherein you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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

And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations.

10 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.

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

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

And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 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.

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.

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

He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 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.”

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

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

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

16 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.”

And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

17 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?”

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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

And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you!

19 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.

And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

20 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.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.

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

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27 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.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.