Genesis 17

1 And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou 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 will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Abram fell prone on his face.

4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

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 will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall proceed from thee.

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 will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.

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 will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be 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 said to Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in 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 ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every male-child among you shall 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 ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt 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 he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male-child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, who [is] not of thy 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 that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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

14 And the uncircumcised male-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

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 said to Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.

16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also by her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall proceed 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 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, 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 said to God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

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

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with 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 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him 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 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set 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 ceased talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

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

23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, in the same day, as God had said to 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 [was] ninety and nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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

25 And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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

26 In the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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 of the stranger, were 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.