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1 When Abram was
ninety-nine years
old, the LORD
appeared to Abram
and said to him,
“I am God
Almighty. Walk
before me and
be blameless.
2 I
will make my
covenant between me
and you, and
will multiply you
exceedingly.”
3 Abram fell
on his face. God
talked with him,
saying,
4 “As
for me, behold,
my covenant is
with you. You
will be the father
of a multitude
of nations.
5 Your
name will no
more be
called Abram, but
your name will
be Abraham; for I
have made you
the father of a
multitude of
nations.
6 I
will make you
exceedingly fruitful,
and I will
make nations of
you. Kings will
come out of
you.
7 I
will establish my
covenant between me
and you and
your offspring
after you
throughout their
generations for an
everlasting covenant,
to be a God
to you and
to your offspring
after you.
8 I
will give to
you, and to
your offspring
after you, the land
where you
are traveling, all
the land of Canaan,
for an everlasting
possession. I will
be their God.”
9 God said
to Abraham, “As
for you, you
shall keep my
covenant, you and
your offspring
after you
throughout their
generations.
10 This
is my covenant,
which you shall
keep, between me
and you and
your offspring
after you. Every
male among you
shall be
circumcised.
11 You
shall be circumcised
in the flesh
of your foreskin.
It will be
a token of the
covenant between me
and you.
12 He
who is eight
days old shall
be circumcised
among you, every
male throughout
your generations,
he who is
born in the
house, or bought
with money from
any foreigner who
is not of
your offspring.
13 He
who is born
in your house,
and he who
is bought with
your money, must
be circumcised. My
covenant shall be
in your flesh
for an everlasting
covenant.
14 The
uncircumcised male
who is not
circumcised in the
flesh of his
foreskin, that
soul shall be
cut off from
his people. He
has broken my
covenant.”
15 God
said to Abraham, “As
for Sarai
your wife, you
shall not call
her name Sarai,
but her name
shall be Sarah.
16 I
will bless her,
and moreover I
will give you
a son by
her. Yes, I
will bless her,
and she will
be a mother of
nations. Kings of
peoples will come
from her.”
17 Then Abraham
fell on his
face, and laughed,
and said in his
heart, “Will a
child be born
to him who
is one hundred
years old? Will
Sarah, who is
ninety years old,
give birth?”
18 Abraham said
to God, “Oh
that Ishmael might
live before you!”
19 God said,
“No, but Sarah,
your wife, will
bear you a
son. You shall
call his name
Isaac.
I will establish
my covenant with
him for an
everlasting covenant
for his offspring
after him.
20 As
for Ishmael, I
have heard you.
Behold, I have
blessed him, and
will make him
fruitful, and will
multiply him
exceedingly. He
will become the
father of twelve
princes, and I
will make him
a great nation.
21 But
I will establish
my covenant with
Isaac, whom Sarah
will bear to
you at this
set time next
year.”
22 When
he finished
talking with him,
God went up
from Abraham.
23 Abraham
took Ishmael his
son, all who
were born in
his house, and
all who 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.
24 Abraham was
ninety-nine years
old when he
was circumcised in
the flesh of
his foreskin.
25 Ishmael,
his son, was
thirteen years old
when he was
circumcised in the
flesh of his
foreskin.
26 In
the same day both
Abraham and Ishmael,
his son, were
circumcised.
27 All
the men of
his house, those
born in the
house, and those
bought with money
from a foreigner,
were circumcised
with him.