Genesis, 17

1. When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to him and said, 'I am El Shaddai. Live in my presence, be perfect,

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.

2. and I shall grant a covenant between myself and you, and make you very numerous.'

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

3. And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows,

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

4. 'For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations.

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

5. And you are no longer to be called Abram; your name is to be Abraham, for I am making you father of many 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.

6. I shall make you exceedingly fertile. I shall make you into nations, and your issue will be kings.

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

7. And I shall maintain my covenant between myself and you, and your descendants after you, generation after generation, as a covenant in perpetuity, to be your God and the God of your descendants after 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.

8. And to you and to your descendants after you, I shall give the country where you are now immigrants, the entire land of Canaan, to own in perpetuity. And I shall be their God.'

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.

9. God further said to Abraham, 'You for your part must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you, generation after generation.

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

10. This is my covenant which you must keep between myself and you, and your descendants after you: every one of your males must be circumcised.

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.

11. You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that will be the sign of the covenant between myself and you.

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

12. As soon as he is eight days old, every one of your males, generation after generation, must be circumcised, including slaves born within the household or bought from a foreigner not of your descent.

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.

13. Whether born within the household or bought, they must be circumcised. My covenant must be marked in your flesh as a covenant in perpetuity.

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.

14. The uncircumcised male, whose foreskin has not been circumcised -- that person must be cut off from his people: he has broken my 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.

15. Furthermore God said to Abraham, 'As regards your wife Sarai, you must not call her Sarai, but Sarah.

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

16. I shall bless her and moreover give you a son by her. I shall bless her and she will become nations: kings of peoples will issue from her.'

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.

17. Abraham bowed to the ground, and he laughed, thinking to himself, 'Is a child to be born to a man one hundred years old, and will Sarah have a child at the age of ninety?'

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?

18. Abraham said to God, 'May Ishmael live in your presence! That will be enough!'

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

19. But God replied, 'Yes, your wife Sarah will bear you a son whom you must name Isaac. And I shall maintain my covenant with him, a covenant in perpetuity, to be his God and the God of his descendants after him.

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.

20. For Ishmael too I grant you your request. I hereby bless him and will make him fruitful and exceedingly numerous. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I shall make him into a great nation.

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.

21. But my covenant I shall maintain with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear you at this time next year.'

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

22. When he had finished speaking to Abraham, God went up from him.

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

23. Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, all the slaves born in his household or whom he had bought, in short all the males among the people of Abraham's household, and circumcised their foreskins that same day, as God had said to 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.

24. Abraham was ninety-nine years old when his foreskin was circumcised.

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

25. Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when his foreskin was circumcised.

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

26. Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day,

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

27. and all the men of his household, those born in the household and those bought from foreigners, were circumcised with him.

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