Genesis 17

1 And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

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,

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

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

3 Abram fell flat on his face.

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

4 And God said to him: I AM, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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

5 Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

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

6 And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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.

8 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

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.

9 Again God said to Abraham: And thou therefore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

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

10 This is my covenant which you shall observe, between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male kind of you shall be circumcised:

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.

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

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

12 An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:

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.

13 And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.

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.

14 The male, whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

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

15 God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

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

16 And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

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.

17 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

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?

18 And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

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

19 And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

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.

20 And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

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.

21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.

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

22 And when he had left off speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.

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

23 And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that 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 forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him.

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.

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

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

25 And Ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision.

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

26 The selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his son.

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

27 And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the bought servants and strangers were circumcised with him.

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.