Genesis 17

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said, “I am the Mighty God. Walk faithfully with me. Live in a way that pleases me.

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

I will now act on my covenant between me and you. I will greatly increase the number of your children after you.”

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

Abram fell with his face to the ground. God said to him,

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

“This is my covenant with you. You will be the father of many nations.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

You will not be called Abram anymore. Your name will be Abraham, because I have made you a father of many nations.

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

I will greatly increase the number of your children after you. Nations and kings will come from you.

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

I will make my covenant with you last forever. It will be between me and you and your family after you for all time to come. I will be your God. And I will be the God of all your family after you.

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

You are now living in Canaan as an outsider. But I will give you the whole land of Canaan. You will own it forever and so will all your family after you. And I will be their God.”

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Then God said to Abraham, “You must keep my covenant. You and your family after you must keep it for all time to come.

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Here is my covenant that you and your family after you must keep. You and every male among you must be circumcised.

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

That will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

It must be done for all time to come. Every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised. That includes those who are born into your own family or outside it. It also includes those bought with money from a stranger.

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

So any male born into your family or bought with your money must be circumcised. My covenant will last forever. Your body will have the mark of my covenant on it.

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

Any male who has not been circumcised will be separated from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

God also said to Abraham, “Do not continue to call your wife by the name Sarai. Her name will be Sarah.

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

I will give her my blessing. You can be sure that I will give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Abraham fell with his face to the ground. He laughed and said to himself, “Can a 100-year-old man have a son? Can Sarah have a child at the age of 90?”

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

Abraham said to God, “I really wish Ishmael could receive your blessing!”

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Then God said, “Yes, I will bless Ishmael. But your wife Sarah will have a son by you. And you will name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him. That covenant will last forever. It will be for Isaac and his family after him.

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

I have heard what you said about Ishmael. I will surely bless him. I will make his family very large. He will be the father of 12 rulers. And I will make him into 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; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac. By this time next year, Sarah will have a son by you.”

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

When God had finished speaking with Abraham, God left him.

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

On that same day Abraham circumcised his son Ishmael. He also circumcised every male who was born into his family or bought with his money. He did exactly as God had told him.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that 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 unto him.

Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised.

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

His son Ishmael was 13.

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

Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that same day.

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

And every male in Abraham’s household was circumcised along with him. That included those born into his family or bought from a stranger.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.