Genesis 17

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 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.	1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said: "I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.	2 Between you and me I will establish my covenant, and I will multiply you exceedingly."
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,	3 When Abram prostrated himself, God continued to speak to him:
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.	4 "My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations.
5 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.	5 No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.	6 I will render you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem from you.
7 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.	7 I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8 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.	8 I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be their God."
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.	9 God also said to Abraham: "On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.
10 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.	10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.	11 Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the mark of the covenant between you and me.
12 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.	12 Throughout the ages, every male among you, when he is eight days old, shall be circumcised, including houseborn slaves and those acquired with money from any foreigner who is not of your blood.
13 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.	13 Yes, both the houseborn slaves and those acquired with money must be circumcised. Thus my covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting pact.
14 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.	14 If a male is uncircumcised, that is, if the flesh of his foreskin has not been cut away, such a one shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.	15 God further said to Abraham: "As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai; her name shall be Sarah.
16 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.	16 I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. Him also will I bless; he shall give rise to nations, and rulers of peoples shall issue from him."
17 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?	17 Abraham prostrated himself and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or can Sarah give birth at ninety?"
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!	18 Then Abraham said to God, "Let but Ishmael live on by your favor!"
19 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.	19 God replied: "Nevertheless, your wife Sarah is to bear you a son, and you shall call him Isaac. I will maintain my covenant with him as an everlasting pact, to be his God and the God of his descendants after him.
20 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.	20 As for Ishmael, I am heeding you: I hereby bless him. I will make him fertile and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve chieftains, and I will make of him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.	21 But my covenant I will maintain with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you by this time next year."
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.	22 When he had finished speaking with him, God departed from Abraham.
23 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.	23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all his slaves, whether born in his house or acquired with his money--every male among the members of Abraham's household--and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins on that same day, as God had told him to do.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.	24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.	25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.	26 Thus, on that same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised;
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.	27 and all the male members of his household, including the slaves born in his house or acquired with his money from foreigners, were circumcised with him.