Genesis 17

1 and to be Abram son: aged ninety year and nine year and to see: see LORD to(wards) Abram and to say to(wards) him I God Almighty to go: walk to/for face: before my and to be unblemished: 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 and to give: make covenant my between me and between you and to multiply [obj] you in/on/with much much

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 to fall: fall Abram upon face his and to speak: speak with him God to/for to say

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

4 I behold covenant my with you and to be to/for father crowd nation

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

5 and not to call: call by still [obj] name your Abram and to be name your Abraham for father crowd nation to give: make 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 be fruitful [obj] you in/on/with much much and to give: make you to/for nation and king from you to come out: produce

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 to arise: establish [obj] covenant my between me and between you and between seed: children your after you to/for generation their to/for covenant forever: enduring to/for to be to/for you to/for God and to/for seed: children 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 to give: give to/for you and to/for seed: children your after you [obj] land: country/planet sojourning your [obj] all land: country/planet Canaan to/for possession forever: enduring and to be to/for them to/for 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 to say God to(wards) Abraham and you(m. s.) [obj] covenant my to keep: obey you(m. s.) and seed: children your after you to/for generation 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 covenant my which to keep: obey between me and between you and between seed: children your after you to circumcise to/for you all 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 to circumcise [obj] flesh foreskin your and to be to/for sign: indicator 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 son: aged eight day to circumcise to/for you all male to/for generation your born house: household and purchase silver: money from all son: aged foreign which not from seed: children your he/she/it

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 to circumcise to circumcise born house: household your and purchase silver: money your and to be covenant my in/on/with flesh your to/for covenant forever: enduring

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 uncircumcised male which not to circumcise [obj] flesh foreskin his and to cut: eliminate [the] soul: person [the] he/she/it from kinsman her [obj] covenant my to break

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 to say God to(wards) Abraham Sarai woman: wife your not to call: call by [obj] name her Sarai for 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 to bless [obj] her and also to give: give from her to/for you son: child and to bless her and to be to/for nation king people from her to 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 to fall: fall Abraham upon face his and to laugh and to say in/on/with heart his to/for son: aged hundred year to beget and if: surely no Sarah daughter ninety year to beget

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 to say Abraham to(wards) [the] God if Ishmael to live to/for face: before your

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

19 and to say God truly Sarah woman: wife your to beget to/for you son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Isaac and to arise: establish [obj] covenant my with him to/for covenant forever: enduring to/for seed: children 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/for Ishmael to hear: hear you behold to bless [obj] him and be fruitful [obj] him and to multiply [obj] him in/on/with much much two ten leader to beget and to give: make him to/for nation great: large

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 [obj] covenant my to arise: establish with Isaac which to beget to/for you Sarah to/for meeting: time appointed [the] this in/on/with year [the] another

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 to end: finish to/for to speak: speak with him and to ascend: rise God from upon Abraham

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

23 and to take: take Abraham [obj] Ishmael son: child his and [obj] all born house: household his and [obj] all purchase silver: money his all male in/on/with human house: household Abraham and to circumcise [obj] flesh foreskin their in/on/with bone: same [the] day [the] this like/as as which to speak: speak 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 son: aged ninety and nine year in/on/with to circumcise he flesh foreskin his

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

25 and Ishmael son: child his son: aged three ten year in/on/with to circumcise he [obj] flesh foreskin his

and Ishmael was thirteen years old when Abraham circumcised him.

26 in/on/with bone: same [the] day [the] this to circumcise Abraham and Ishmael son: child his

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

27 and all human house: household his born house: household and purchase silver: money from with son: type of foreign to circumcise 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.