1 And when Abram was
ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am
the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my
covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on
his face: and God talked with him,
saying,
4 As for me, behold,
my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy
name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of
many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make
thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and king shall come
out of thee.
7 And I will
establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee.
8 And I will give
unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger,
all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto
Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee
in their generations.
10 This is my
covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every
man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall
circumcised the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant
betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is
eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your
generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He 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.
14 And the
uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that
soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto
Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah
shall be her name be.
16 And I will bless
her, and give thee a son also of her:
yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations: kings of people
shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell
upon his face, and laughed, and said into his heart, Shall a child be born unto
him that is an hundred years old? And shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said
unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said,
Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shall call his name
Isaac: and I will establish my covenant
with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20 And for Ishmael, I
have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful, and ill multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant
will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time
in the next year.
22 And he left off
talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And 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.
24 And Abraham was
ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his
son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin.
26 In the selfsame day
was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of
his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were
circumcised with him.
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