Genesis 17

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

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

2 And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.

I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

4 And I, behold! my covenant [is] with you, and you shall be a father of a multitude of nations.

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

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

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

6 And I will increase you very exceedingly, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

7 And I will establish my covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and [the God] of your seed after you.

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8 And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land wherein you sojourn, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

9 And God said to Abraam, You also shall fully keep my covenant, you and your seed after you for their generations.

God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

10 And this [is] the covenant which you shall fully keep between me and you, and between your seed after you for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

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

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

12 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 your seed.

Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

13 He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

14 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.

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

15 And God said to Abraam, Sara your wife—her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name.

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

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

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

17 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?

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

18 And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before you.

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

19 And God said to Abraam, Yes, behold, Sarrha your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall 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.

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

20 And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard you, 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.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to you at this time, in the next year.

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

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

When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

23 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.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

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

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

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

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

26 And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son,

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

27 and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.

And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.