Genesis 17

1 When Abram was ninetie yeere olde and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. walke before me, and be thou vpright,

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.

2 And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, and I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

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

3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

Abram fell prone on his face.

4 Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

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

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

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.

6 Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.

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

7 Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

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.

8 And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.

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.”

9 Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

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

10 This is my couenant which ye shall keepe betweene me and you, and thy seede after thee, Let euery man childe among you be circumcised:

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.

11 That is, ye shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shalbe a signe of the couenant betweene me and you.

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

12 And euery man childe of eight dayes olde among you, shalbe circumcised in your generations, aswell he that is borne in thine house, as he that is bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seede.

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.

13 He that is borne in thine house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needes be circumcised: so my couenant shall be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant.

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

14 But the vncircumcised man childe, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, euen that person shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my couenant.

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.”

15 Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

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

16 And I will blesse her, and will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.

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.”

17 Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

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?”

18 And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.

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

19 Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

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.

20 And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.

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.

21 But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.

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

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

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

23 Then Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.

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.

24 Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.

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

25 And Ishmael his sonne was thirteene yeere olde, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.

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

26 The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his sonne:

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

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

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.