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 99, the Lord appeared to him and told him, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and don't do wrong.

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

I will make my agreement between me and you, and I will give you many, many descendants.”

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

Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God told him,

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

“Listen! This is the agreement I'm making 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;

so your name won't be Abram any longer. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I'm going to make you the 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 sure you have a large number of descendants. They will become many nations, and some of their kings will also come from your line.

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 promise to continue my agreement with you, and with your descendants who come after you, for generations to come. This is an eternal agreement. I will always be your God, and the God of your descendants.

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.”

I will give you and your descendants the whole country of Canaan—where you've been living as a foreigner—as land to own forever, 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;

Then God told Abraham, “Your part is to keep my agreement—you and your descendants for generations to come.

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 agreement with you and your descendants who come after you, the agreement you are to keep: every male 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.

You are to circumcise your foreskin, and this will be the sign of the agreement 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;

From now and for all generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised. This includes not only your sons but also those born in your household or bought from foreigners.

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;

You must circumcise those born in your household or bought from foreigners as a sign in your bodies of my eternal agreement.

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.”

Any uncircumcised male who refuses circumcision will be excluded from his people because he has broken my agreement.”

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

Then God told Abraham, “Now about Sarai your wife. Don't call her Sarai any longer. Instead, her name will 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.”

I will bless her and I promise to give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations, and kings will be among her descendants.”

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 bowed down with his face to the ground. But inside he was laughing, asking himself, “How on earth could I have a son at the age of one hundred? How could Sarah have a child when she is ninety?”

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

Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael always 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.

“No, it's your wife Sarah who is going to have a son for you!” God replied. “You are to call him Isaac. I will keep my agreement with him and his descendants as an eternal agreement.

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;

Now about Ishmael. I heard what you said, and I will also bless him. I will make sure he has a great many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, 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 it's with Isaac that I will keep my agreement, the son Sarah will give birth to about this time next year.”

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

When God had finished speaking with Abraham he left 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.

That day Abraham circumcised his son Ishmael as well as all those born in his household or purchased, in fact every male among the members of Abraham's household, just as God had told him.

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

Abraham was 99 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;

Both 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.

All the males in Abraham's household, including those born in his household or purchased from foreigners, were circumcised with him.