Genesis 17

1 And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly."

3 And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

Then Abram fell facedown, and God talked with him, saying,

4 'I — lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

"As for me, look, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;

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 thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

9 And God saith unto Abraham, 'And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

God said to Abraham, "As for you, you are to keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

10 this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised;

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

12 'And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;

He who is eight days old will 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 descendants.

13 he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;

He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. 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, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.'

And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 And God saith unto Abraham, 'Sarai thy wife — thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;

God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

16 and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations — kings of peoples are from her.'

And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. And I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah — daughter of ninety years — bear?'

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 And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you."

19 and God saith, 'Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

And God said, "Truly, Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

20 As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Look, 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 and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'

But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.

When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money — every male among the men of Abraham's house — and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.

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 And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and 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 Ishmael his son [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 self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were 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 house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.