Genesis 17

1 And Abram is a son of ninety-nine years, and YHWH appears to Abram, and says to him, “I [am] God Almighty, habitually walk before Me, and be perfect;

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

2 and I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.”

I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 And Abram falls on his face, and God speaks with him, saying,

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

4 “I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

5 and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;

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

6 and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

7 And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8 and I have given to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a continuous possession, and I have become their God.”

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

9 And God says to Abraham, “And you keep My covenant, you and your seed after you, throughout their generations;

God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

10 this [is] My covenant which you keep between Me and you, and your seed after you: every male of you [is] to be circumcised;

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

11 and you have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it has become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

12 And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male throughout your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of your seed;

Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

13 he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in your house, or bought with your money; and My covenant has become in your flesh a perpetual covenant;

Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

14 and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, indeed, that person has been cut off from his people; My covenant he has broken.”

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

15 And God says to Abraham, “Sarai your wife—you do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

16 and I have blessed her, and have also given to you a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she has become nations—kings of peoples are from her.”

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

17 And Abraham falls on his face, and laughs, and says in his heart, “Is one born to the son of one hundred years? Or does Sarah—daughter of ninety years—bear?”

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

18 And Abraham says to God, “O that Ishmael may live before You”;

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

19 and God says, “Your wife Sarah is certainly bearing a son to you, and you have called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a perpetual covenant, to his seed after him.

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes does he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

21 and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah does bear to you at this appointed time in the next year”;

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

22 and He finishes speaking with him, and God goes up from Abraham.

When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

23 And Abraham takes his son Ishmael, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money—every male among the men of Abraham’s house and circumcises the flesh of their foreskin, in this very same day, as God has spoken with him.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

24 And Abraham [is] a son of ninety-nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

25 and his son Ishmael [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

26 in this very same day Abraham has been circumcised, and his son Ishmael;

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

27 and all the men of his house—born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger—have been circumcised with him.

And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.