Genesis 17

¹And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and God appeared to Abram, and He said to him, ‘I am the Almighty God; walk before Me and be perfect.

²And I will place My covenant between Me and between you, and I will multiply you very greatly.’

³And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke with him, saying,

⁴’As for Me, behold My covenant is with you, and you shall become the father of a multitude of nations.

⁵And your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

⁶And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings will emerge from you.

⁷And I will establish My covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be to you for a God and to your seed after you.

⁸And I will give you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, the entire land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them for a God.’

⁹And God said to Abraham, ‘And you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

¹⁰This is My covenant, which you shall observe between Me and between you and between your seed after you, that every male among you be circumcised.

¹¹And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be as the sign of a covenant between Me and between you.

¹²And at the age of eight days, every male shall be circumcised to you throughout your generations, one that is born in the house, or one that is purchased with money, from any foreigner, who is not of your seed.

¹³Those born in the house and those purchased for money shall be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

¹⁴And an uncircumcised male, who will not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin-that soul will be cut off from its people; he has broken My covenant.’

¹⁵And God said to Abraham, ‘Your wife Sarai-you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.

¹⁶And I will bless her, and I will give you a son from her, and I will bless her, and she will become [a mother of] nations; kings of nations will be from her. ‘

¹⁷And Abraham fell on his face and rejoiced, and he said to himself, ‘Will [a child] be born to one who is a hundred years old, and will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?’

¹⁸And Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael will live before You!’

¹⁹And God said, ‘Indeed, your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac, and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

²⁰And regarding Ishmael, I have heard you; behold I have blessed him, and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him exceedingly; he will beget twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

²¹But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.’

²²And He finished speaking with him, and God went up from above Abraham.

²³And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house and all those purchased with his money, every male of the people of Abraham's household, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, as God had spoken with him.

²⁴And Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised of the flesh of his foreskin.

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

²⁶On that very day, Abraham was circumcised, and [so was] Ishmael his son.

²⁷And all the people of his household, those born in his house and those bought with money from foreigners, were circumcised with him.