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 Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.

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

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I 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 upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

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

And I, behold! my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a 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.

And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

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

And I will increase thee very exceedingly, 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 thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and [the God] of 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 wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a 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 Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for 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.

And this [is] the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of 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 for 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 the child of eight days [old] shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and [the servant] born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who 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 that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on 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 shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for 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 Abraam, Sara thy wife—her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name.

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 give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

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?

And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear?

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

And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael 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 to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to 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 concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, 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 Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year.

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

And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam.

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 Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born [servants], and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.

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

And Abraam 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 Ismael 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.

And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael 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, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.