Genesis 17

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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.	1 In 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.
2 Between you and me I will establish my covenant, and I will multiply you exceedingly."	2 And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”
3 When Abram prostrated himself, God continued to speak to him:	3 Abram fell prone on his face.
4 "My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations.	4 And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.
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.	5 No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
6 I will render you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem from you.	6 And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
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.	7 And 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.
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."	8 And 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.”
9 God also said to Abraham: "On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.	9 Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.
10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.	10 This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.
11 Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the mark of the covenant between you and me.	11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
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.	12 An 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.
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.	13 And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal 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."	14 The 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.”
15 God further said to Abraham: "As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai; her name shall be Sarah.	15 God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.
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."	16 And 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.”
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?"	17 Abraham 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?”
18 Then Abraham said to God, "Let but Ishmael live on by your favor!"	18 And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”
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.	19 And 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.
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.	20 Likewise, 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.
21 But my covenant I will maintain with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you by this time next year."	21 Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”
22 When he had finished speaking with him, God departed from Abraham.	22 And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.
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.	23 Then 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.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,	24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.	25 And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.
26 Thus, on that same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised;	26 On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.
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.	27 And 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.