Genesis 17

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

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

6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful. And I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

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

8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.

9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shall keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

10 And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between me and you.

12 Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

And 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 of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

13 He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised. And my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

And 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 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

And I will bless her. And moreover I will give thee a son by her. Yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be by her.

17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

And God said, No, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set time in the next year.

22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and 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 selfsame day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

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

25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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

26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

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

27 And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.

And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.