Genesis, 17

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, Yahweh appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk in my presence and be without blame!

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

2. I will make a covenant between myself and you, and I will multiply your race."

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

3. Abram fell face down and God said to him,

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

4. "This is my covenant with you: you will be the father of a multitude 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 will you be called Abram, but Abraham, because I will make you the father of a multitude 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 make you more and more famous; I will multiply your descendants; nations shall spring from you, kings shall be among your descendants.

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. And I will establish a covenant, an everlasting covenant between myself and you and your descendants after you; from now on I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you, for generations to come.

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 your descendants after you the land you are living in, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession and I will be the God of your race."

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

9. God said to Abraham, "For your part, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you, generation after generation.

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, that you will keep, you and your descendants after you: 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. you shall circumcise your foreskin and that will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

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. When he is eight days old, every male among you will be circumcised, generation after generation;

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. those born in your household or bought from a foreigner to be slaves. Whether born in your household or bought to be slaves, they must be circumcised. So my covenant will be written in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

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. Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people for having 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 said to Abraham, "As for Sarai, your wife, no longer are you to call her Sarai, but 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. I will bless her and from her will come nations; kings and peoples shall come from her."

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. Then Abraham fell face down, and he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? And can Sarah who is ninety have a child?"

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

18. And Abraham said to God, "If only you would accept Ishmael as yours!"

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. But God said, "Not at all! It is Sarah, your wife, who will give birth to your son and you will name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him and his descendants after him forever.

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 heard you. I will bless him and make him fruitful, and I will multiply his race. He shall be the father of twelve princes 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 establish with Isaac, the child Sarah will have 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 Abraham, God went away from him.

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. Abraham then took Ishmael, his son, as well as all those born in his house and all those he had bought to be slaves, all the males in the household of Abraham, and circumcised their foreskins that same day as God had told him.

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 he 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.

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

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

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 every male in his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.