‏ Genesis 17

CHAPTER 17

Covenant and Circumcision

1[³was ¹And ²Abram ⁵years old  ⁴ninety-nine], and the lord appeared   to Abram, and he said to him, I am   your God, you are well-pleasing before me -- then be blameless! 2And I will establish   my covenant between me and between you, and I will multiply you exceedingly. 3And Abram fell upon his face. And [²spoke ³to him   ¹God], saying, 4And behold,   my covenant is with you, and you will be father of a multitude of nations. 5And [²will not ³be called ⁴any longer   ¹your name], Abram; but [²will be   ¹your name] Abraham, for [³father ⁴of many ⁵nations ¹I have appointed ²you]. 6And I will increase you exceedingly exceedingly. And I will establish you for nations; and kings [²from ³you ¹will come forth]. 7And I will establish   my covenant between me and between you, and between   your seed after you, unto   their generations, for [²covenant ¹an eternal], to be your God, and   with your seed after you. 8And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land which you sojourn, all the land of Canaan for [²possession ¹an eternal]. And I myself will be to them for God. 9And God said to Abraham, You also   [²my covenant ¹shall observe], and   your seed after you for   their generations. 10And this is the covenant which you shall observe between me and you, and between   your seed after you. [⁴shall be circumcised ³to you ¹Every ²male]. 11And you shall be circumcised of the flesh   of your foreskin. And it will be for a sign of covenant between me and you. 12And a male child eight days old  shall be circumcised by you -- every male into   your generations; the native-born servant   of your house, and the one bought with silver, from every son of an alien who is not from   your seed. 13By circumcision he shall be circumcised -- the native-born servant   of your house, and the one bought with silver. And [²will be   ¹my covenant] upon   your flesh for [²covenant ¹an eternal]. 14And the uncircumcised male who shall not be circumcised in the flesh   of his foreskin in the [²day   ¹eighth], [²shall be utterly destroyed   ¹that soul] from   its race, for   my covenant he effaced. 15And God said   to Abraham, Sarai   your wife -- [²shall not ³be called   ¹her name] Sarai, but, Sarah will be   her name.

The Promise of a Son

16And I will bless her, and give to you from her a child. And I will bless it, and it will be for nations; and kings of nations [²from ³him ¹will be]. 17And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in   his mind, saying, Shall to the hundred year old  be a son? And shall   Sarah at ninety years bear? 18[³said ¹And ²Abraham] to   God, Ishmael, this one, let him live before you! 19[³said ¹And   ²God] to Abraham, Yes, behold, Sarah   your wife will bear to you a son, and you shall call   his name Isaac; and I will establish   my covenant with him, for [²covenant ¹an eternal], and to his seed after him. 20And concerning Ishmael, behold, I heeded you. And behold, I shall bless him, and I will increase him, and I will multiply him exceedingly. Twelve nations he will procreate, and I will make him for [²nation ¹a great]. 21  But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom [²shall bear ³to you ¹Sarah] at   this time in   [²year   ¹another]. 22And he completed speaking to him. And God ascended from Abraham. 23And Abraham took Ishmael,   his son, and all   his native-born servants, and all the ones  bought with silver, and every male of the men   in the house of Abraham. And he circumcised   their foreskins in   [²time ³of the ⁴day ¹that], as [²spoke ³to him   ¹God]. 24And Abraham [²ninety-nine ¹was] years old  when he circumcised the flesh   of his foreskin. 25And Ishmael   his son was [²years old  ¹thirteen] when he circumcised the flesh   of his foreskin. 26In   [²time ³of the ⁴day ¹that] Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael   his son, 27and all the males   of his house, and the native-born servants, and the ones bought with silver from foreign nations.