Genesis 17

1 And he was Abram a son of ninety year[s] and nine years and he appeared Yahweh to Abram and he said to him I [am] God Almighty walk about before me and be blameless.

When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said to him, “I am God Almighty. I want you to live in a way that I will regard you as someone that cannot be criticized.

2 So let me make covenant my between me and between you so I may increase you with muchness muchness.

If you do that, I will make an agreement with you in which I will promise to enable you to have very many descendants.” [MTY]

3 And he fell Abram on face his and he spoke with him God saying.

Abram prostrated himself with his face on the ground. Then God said to him,

4 I here! covenant my [is] with you and you will become a father of a multitude of nations.

“Listen to this agreement that I am making with you: People of many nations will be your descendants.

5 And not it will be called again name your Abram and it will be name your Abraham for a father of a multitude of nations I have made you.

And no longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham, [which means ‘father of many nations,’] because the people of many nations will descend from you.

6 And I will make fruitful you with muchness muchness and I will make you into nations and kings from you they will come out.

I will enable you to have very many descendants, and I will cause them to become great nations/people-groups, and some of your descendants will become kings.

7 And I will establish covenant my between me and between you and between offspring your after you for generations their to a covenant of perpetuity to become for you God and for offspring your after you.

I will make this agreement between me and you and your descendants. It will be an everlasting agreement to be in effect for many generations. This agreement is that I will be your God, and the God of your descendants.

8 And I will give to you and to offspring your after you - [the] land of sojournings your all [the] land of Canaan to a possession of perpetuity and I will become for them God.

I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they [will worship].”

9 And he said God to Abraham and you covenant my you will keep you and offspring your after you for generations their.

Then God said to Abraham, “Now you must obey [your part of] the agreement that I am making with you, and your descendants must also obey it, for all generations.

10 This [is] covenant my which you will keep between me and between you and between offspring your after you they will be circumcised of you every male.

This is the agreement that I am making, between myself and you and all your descendants: Every male among you must be circumcised.

11 And you will be circumcised [the] flesh of foreskin your and it will become a sign of [the] covenant between me and between you.

(Cutting the foreskins of/Circumcising) them will be the sign [that you have accepted] the agreement I am making with you.

12 And a son of eight days he will be circumcised of you every male for generations your one born of [the] household and a purchase of silver from every son of foreignness who not [is] one of offspring your he.

Every male child among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, in all future generations. That includes baby boys in your household or those born from slaves that have been bought, and baby boys of foreigners who live among you but do not belong to your household.

13 Definitely - he will be circumcised [the] one born of household your and [the] purchase of silver your and it will be covenant my in flesh your to a covenant of perpetuity.

It does not matter whether their parents are members of your household or slaves that have been bought; they must all be circumcised. Your bodies will have this mark to show [you have accepted] this everlasting agreement I am making.

14 And an uncircumcised - male who not he will be circumcised [the] flesh of foreskin his and it will be cut off the person that from kinspeople its covenant my he has broken.

You must expel from your community any male who has not been circumcised, because [by not being circumcised] that person has disobeyed my agreement.”

15 And he said God to Abraham Sarai wife your not you will call name her Sarai for [is] Sarah name her.

God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai, your wife, you must not call her Sarai any longer. [Since I changed your name, I will change her name also]. Her name will now be Sarah.

16 And I will bless her and also I will give from her to you a son and I will bless her and she will become nations kings of peoples from her they will be.

I will bless her, and she will surely give birth to a son for you. And I will bless her so much that she will be the ancestor of people of many nations. Kings of some people-groups will be descended from her.”

17 And he fell Abraham on face his and he laughed and he said in heart his ¿ to a son of one hundred year[s] will he be born and or? Sarah ¿ a daughter of ninety year[s] will she bear a child.

Abraham prostrated himself with his face on the ground [to show respect to God]. But then he laughed as he said to himself, “Can a man who is a 100 years old become a father of a son? And since Sarah is 90 years old, how can she bear a child?”

18 And he said Abraham to God if Ishmael he will live before you.

Then Abraham said to God, “Perhaps you will let Ishmael receive your blessing [and inherit all I possess].”

19 And he said God but Sarah wife your [is] about to bear to you a son and you will call name his Isaac and I will establish covenant my with him to a covenant of perpetuity for offspring his after him.

Then God replied, “[No!] Your wife Sarah will bear a son for you. You must name him Isaac. I will establish my agreement with him, one which will be an everlasting agreement for him and his descendants.

20 And to Ishmael I have heard you here! - I will bless him and I will make fruitful him and I will multiply him with muchness muchness two [plus] ten princes he will father and I will make him into a nation great.

As for Ishmael, I have heard what you asked me to do for him. I will bless him so that he also will have many descendants. Among his descendants will be rulers of twelve nations. And I will cause his [descendants] [MTY] to also become a great nation.

21 And covenant my I will establish with Isaac whom she will bear to you Sarah to the time this in the year following.

But Isaac, the son whom Sarah will give birth to at this time next year, is the one with whom I will establish my agreement.”

22 And he finished to speak with him and he went up God from with Abraham.

When God finished talking to Abraham, God disappeared from his sight.

23 And he took Abraham Ishmael son his and all those born of household his and all [the] purchase of silver his every male among [the] men of [the] household of Abraham and he circumcised [the] flesh of foreskin their on [the] substance of the day this just as he had spoken with him God.

On that same day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the males that were in his household, including the sons of all the slaves he had bought, and circumcised them. He cut off their foreskins, just as God told him to do.

24 And Abraham [was] a son of ninety and nine year[s] when was circumcised he [the] flesh of foreskin his.

Abraham was 99 years old when (he was circumcised/someone circumcised him),

25 And Ishmael son his [was] a son of thir-teen year[s] when was circumcised he [the] flesh of foreskin his.

and Ishmael was thirteen years old when Abraham circumcised him.

26 On [the] substance of the day this he was circumcised Abraham and Ishmael son his.

On that very day Abraham and his son, Ishmael were circumcised.

27 And all [the] men of household his one born of [the] household and a purchase of silver from with a son of foreignness they were circumcised with him.

And all the males in his household, the ones who had been born there and those who had been bought from foreigners, were also circumcised.