Now when Abram was ninety-nine
years
old
, athe LORD
appeared
to Abram
and said
to him, "I am 1God
bAlmighty
; Walk
before
Me, and be 2 cblameless
.
"I will 1establish My acovenant
between
Me and you, And I will bmultiply
you exceedingly
."
Abram afell
on his face
, and God
talked
with him, saying
,
"As for Me, behold, My covenant
is with you, And you will be the father
of a amultitude
of nations
.
"No longer
shall your name
be called
1Abram
, But ayour name
shall be 2Abraham
; For bI have made
you the father
of a multitude
of nations
.
"I will make you exceedingly
fruitful
, and I will make
nations
of you, and akings
will come
forth
from you.
"I will establish My covenant
between
Me and you and your 1descendants
after
you throughout their generations
for an aeverlasting
covenant
, bto be God
to you and cto your 1descendants
after
you.
" aI will give to you and to your 1descendants
after
you, the land
of your sojournings
, all
the land
of Canaan
, for an everlasting
possession
; and bI will be their God
."
God said
further to Abraham
, "Now as for you, ayou shall keep
My covenant
, you and your 1descendants
after
you throughout their generations
.
" aThis is My covenant
, which
you shall keep
, between
Me and you and your 1descendants
after
you: every
male
among you shall be circumcised
.
"And ayou shall be circumcised in the flesh
of your foreskin
, and it shall be the sign
of the covenant
between
Me and you.
"And every male
among you who is aeight
days
old
shall be circumcised
throughout your generations
, a servant who
is born
in the house
or who
is bought
with money
from any
foreigner
, who
is not of your 1descendants
.
"A servant who is born
in your house
or awho
is bought
with your money
shall surely
be circumcised
; thus shall My covenant
be in your flesh
for an everlasting
covenant
.
"But an uncircumcised male
who
is not circumcised
in the flesh
of his foreskin
, that person
shall be acut
off
from his people
; he has broken
My covenant
."
Then God said
to Abraham
, "As for Sarai
your wife
, you shall not call
her name
Sarai
, but 1Sarah
shall be her name
.
"I will bless her, and indeed
I will give
you aa son
by her. Then I will bless
her, and she shall be a mother of nations
; bkings
of peoples
will 1come
from her."
Then Abraham afell
on his face
and laughed
, and said
in his heart
, "Will a child be born
to a man
one hundred
years
old
? And bwill Sarah
, who is ninety
years
old
, bear
a child?"
And Abraham said
to God
, "Oh
that Ishmael
might live
before
You!"
But God said
, "No
, but Sarah
your wife
will bear
you aa son
, and you shall call
his name
1Isaac
; and bI will establish
My covenant
with him for an everlasting
covenant
for his 2descendants
after
him.
"As for Ishmael, I have heard
you; behold
, I will bless
him, and awill make
him fruitful
and will multiply
him exceedingly
. bHe shall 1become
the father
of twelve
princes
, and I will make
him a cgreat
nation
.
"But My covenant I will establish
with aIsaac
, whom
bSarah
will bear
to you at this
season
next
year
."
When He finished talking
with him, aGod
went
up from Abraham
.
Then Abraham took
Ishmael
his son
, and all
the servants who
were aborn
in his house
and all
who
were bought
with his money
, every
male
among the men
of Abraham's
household
, and circumcised
the flesh
of their foreskin
in the very
same
day
, bas God
had said
to him.
Now Abraham was ninety-nine
years
old
when ahe was circumcised
in the flesh
of his foreskin
.
And aIshmael his son
was thirteen
years
old
when he was circumcised
in the flesh
of his foreskin
.
In the very same
day
Abraham
was circumcised
, and Ishmael
his son
.
All the men
of his household
, who
were aborn
in the house
or bought
with money
from a foreigner
, were circumcised
with him.