Genesis 17

1 And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am your God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

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

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

3 And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 And I, behold! my covenant [is] with you, and you shall be a father of a multitude of nations.

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

5 And your name shall no more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraam, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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

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

7 And I will establish my covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and [the God] of your seed after you.

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

8 And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land wherein you sojourn, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are travelling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”

9 And God said to Abraam, You also shall fully keep my covenant, you and your seed after you for their generations.

God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

10 And this [is] the covenant which you shall fully keep between me and you, and between your seed after you for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male amongst you shall be circumcised.

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

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

12 And the child of eight days [old] shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and [the servant] born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of your seed.

He who is eight days old shall be circumcised amongst 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 offspring.

13 He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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

14 And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.

The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

15 And God said to Abraam, Sara your wife—her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name.

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

16 And I will bless her, and give you a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

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

17 And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear?

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 Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before you.

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

19 And God said to Abraam, Yes, behold, Sarrha your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him.

God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

20 And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard you, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, 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 I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to you at this time, in the next year.

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

22 And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam.

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

23 And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born [servants], and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.

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

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

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

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

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

26 And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son,

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

27 and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.

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