Genesis 17 — Side by side (WEB, ASV, BBE)

1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

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

2And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

3And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

4As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

5No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

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

6I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

8And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

9And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

9And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

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

10And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

11And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

11In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

12Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

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

13He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

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

14And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

15And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

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

16And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

17Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

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

18And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall 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, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

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

20As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

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

21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

22And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

23And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

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

24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

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

25And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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

26Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

27And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

27And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.