Chapter 17
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old , the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him , " I am God Almighty . Walk before me and be blameless .
2 I will make my covenant between me and you , and will multiply you exceedingly ."
3 Abram fell on his face . God talked with him , saying ,
4 " As for me , behold , my covenant is with you . You will be the father of a multitude of nations .
5 Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations .
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful , and I will make nations of you . Kings will come out of you .
7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant , to be a God to you and to your offspring after you .
8 I will give to you , and to your offspring after you , the land where you are travelling, all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession . I will be their God ."
9 God said to Abraham, " As for you , you shall keep my covenant , you and your offspring after you throughout their generations .
10 This is my covenant , which you shall keep , between me and you and your offspring after you . Every male amongst you shall be circumcised .
11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin . It will be a token of the covenant between me and you .
12 He who is eight days old shall be circumcised amongst you , every male throughout your generations , he who is born in the house , or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring .
13 He who is born in your house , and he who is bought with your money , must be circumcised . My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant .
14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin , that soul shall be cut off from his people . He has broken my covenant ."
15 God said to Abraham, " As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai , but her name shall be Sarah .
16 I will bless her , and moreover I will give you a son by her . Yes , I will bless her , and she will be a mother of nations . Kings of peoples will come from her ."
17 Then Abraham fell on his face , and laughed , and said in his heart , " Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old ? Will Sarah , who is ninety years old , give birth ?"
18 Abraham said to God , " Oh that Ishmael might live before you !"
19 God said , " No , but Sarah , your wife, will bear you a son . You shall call his name Isaac . I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him .
20 As for Ishmael , I have heard you . Behold , I have blessed him , and will make him fruitful , and will multiply him exceedingly . He will become the father of twelve princes , and I will make him a great nation .
21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac , whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year ."
22 When he finished talking with him , God went up from Abraham.
23 Abraham took Ishmael his son , all who were born in his house , and all who were bought with his money : every male amongst the men of Abraham ’s house , and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day , as God had said to him .
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .
25 Ishmael , his son , was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .
26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael , his son , were circumcised .
27 All the men of his house , those born in the house , and those bought with money from a foreigner , were circumcised with him .