Genesis 17

1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the AlmightyGod: walk before my face, and be perfect.

1And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

2And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.

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

3And Abram fell on his face; andGod talked with him, saying,

3Abram fell flat on his face.

4It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

4And God said to him: I am, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

5Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

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

6And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be aGod to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be aGod to them.

8And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

9AndGod said to Abraham, And [as for] thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

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

10This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee — that every male among you be circumcised.

10This is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male-kind of you shall be circumcised.

11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and [that] shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.

12And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you — he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.

12An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:

13He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

13And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.

14And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant.

14The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

15AndGod said to Abraham, [As to] Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

15God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

16And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.

16And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

17And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

17Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

18And Abraham said toGod, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

18And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

19AndGod said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

19And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

20And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

20And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.

21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.

22And he left off talking with him; andGod went up from Abraham.

22And when he had left off speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money — every male among the people of Abraham's house — and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, asGod had said to him.

23And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were born in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house: and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him.

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

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

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

25And Ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision.

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

26The self-same day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his son.

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

27And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the bought servants and strangers, were circumcised with him.