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;

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

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

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

Abram fell prone on his face.

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

And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and 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 your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.

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

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 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;

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 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 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 And God says to Abraham, “And you keep My covenant, you and your seed after you, throughout 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 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, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall 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.

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 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;

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 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;

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

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

God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but 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 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 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 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 says to God, “O that Ishmael may live before You”;

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

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.

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 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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.