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Genesis 17

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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him , " I am God Almighty. Walk before me , and be blameless.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “ I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. "
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly. ”
Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
" As for me, behold, my covenant is with you . You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
“ As for Me, this is My covenant with you : You will be the father of many nations.
Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham ; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham , for I have made you a father of many nations .
I will make you exceeding fruitful , and I will make nations of you . Kings will come out of you.
I will make you exceedingly fruitful ; I will make nations of you , and kings will descend from you.
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant , to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
I will give to you , and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession . I will be their God. "
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing— all the land of Canaan —as an eternal possession ; and I will be their God. ”
God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant , you and your seed after you throughout their generations .
God also said to Abraham, “ You must keep My covenant — you and your descendants in the generations after you.
This is my covenant , which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you . Every male among you shall be circumcised.
This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you , which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin . It will be a token of a covenant between me and you.
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin , and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you , every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed .
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner —even those who are not your offspring .
He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money , must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Whether they are born in your household or purchased , they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
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. "
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people ; he has broken My covenant. ”
God said to Abraham, " As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
Then God said to Abraham, “ As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
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. "
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations ; kings of peoples will descend from her. ”
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? "
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself , “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety ? ”
Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you ! "
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing ! ”
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 seed after him.
But God replied , “ Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son , and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
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.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him ; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly . He will become the father of twelve rulers , and I will make him into a great nation.
But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year. "
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year. ”
When he finished talking with him , God went up from Abraham .
When He had finished speaking with Abraham , God went up from him .
Abraham took Ishmael his son , all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money ; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day , as God had said to him.
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money — every male among the members of Abraham’s household— and he circumcised them , just as God had told him.
Abraham was ninety-nine years old , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised ,
Ishmael, his son , was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
and his son Ishmael was thirteen ;
In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son , were circumcised.
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day .
All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners— were circumcised with him.

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