Genesis 17

¹In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.

²And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”

³Abram fell prone on his face.

⁴And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.

⁵No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.

⁶And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.

⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

⁸And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”

⁹Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.

¹⁰This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.

¹¹And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

¹²An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.

¹³And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.

¹⁴The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”

¹⁵God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.

¹⁶And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”

¹⁷Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

¹⁸And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”

¹⁹And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.

²⁰Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

²¹Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

²²And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.

²³Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.

²⁴Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁵And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.

²⁶On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.

²⁷And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.

Genesis 17

¹And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

²And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

³Abram fell flat on his face.

⁴And God said to him: I am, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

⁵Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

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

⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

⁸And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

⁹Again God said to Abraham: And thou therefore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

¹⁰This is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male-kind of you shall be circumcised.

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

¹²An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:

¹³And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.

¹⁴The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

¹⁵God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

¹⁶And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

¹⁷Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

¹⁸And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

¹⁹And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

²⁰And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

²¹But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.

²²And when he had left off speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.

²³And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were born in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house: and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him.

²⁴Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁵And Ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision.

²⁶The self-same day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his son.

²⁷And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the bought servants and strangers, were circumcised with him.