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, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “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.”

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

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

Abram bowed low with his face to the ground and God talked with him, saying,

4 “I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become 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 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 Abram, but your name will be Abraham—for I appoint you to be the father of a multitude of 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, and 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 between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to 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.”

I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land where you have been living, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting 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;

Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout 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 must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: 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 must be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be the 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;

Every male among you that is eight days old must be circumcised, throughout your people's generations. This includes him who is born into your household and him who is bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

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;

He who is born into your household and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus my covenant will be in your flesh for 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.”

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin 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;

God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai any more. 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 will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come 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?”

Then Abraham bowed low with his face to the ground, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? How can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?”

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

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

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.

God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you must name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant with 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. Behold, I hereby bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him abundantly. He will be the father of twelve leaders of tribes, and I will make him become 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 my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time in the next year.”

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

When he had finished talking with him, God went up 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 Ishmael his son, and all those who were born into his household, and all those who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in that same day, as God had said to 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 was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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

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

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

On the very same day Abraham and Ishmael his son were both circumcised.

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 men of his household were circumcised with him, including those born into the household and those bought with money from a foreigner.