Genesis 17
17
The Covenant of Circumcision
1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am Almighty God. Walk before Me and be blameless. # Ge 6:9; 28:3; Dt 18:13 2And I will make My covenant between you and Me and will exceedingly multiply you.” # Ge 13:16; 15:18
3Abram fell on his face # Ge 17:17 and God said to him, 4“Behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. # Ge 12:2; 35:11 5No longer will your name be called Abram, # Ne 9:7 but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. # Ge 17:16; 35:11 7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. # Ge 26:24; 28:13 8All the land of Canaan, where you now live as strangers, I will give to you and to your descendants for an everlasting possession, # Ge 12:7; 13:15 and I will be their God.” # Ex 6:7
9Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. 10This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you; every male among you shall be circumcised. # Ac 7:8 11You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. # Ac 7:8; Ro 4:11 12Every male throughout every generation that is eight days old shall be circumcised, # Lev 12:3; Lk 2:21 whether born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner who is not your descendant. 13He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised. # Ex 12:44 My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant. 14Any uncircumcised male whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised shall be cut off from his people. He has broken My covenant.” # Ex 4:24–26
15Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you will not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah. 16I will bless her and also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.” # Ge 17:6; 35:11
17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed # Ge 17:3; 21:6 and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
19Then God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call his name Isaac. # Ge 21:2–3 I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him. 20As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold. I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. # Ge 21:13, 18 21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.” # Ge 18:10 22Then He stopped talking with Abraham, and God went up from him. # Ge 18:33
23Then 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 men of Abraham’s household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day as God had said to him. 24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. # Ro 4:11 25His son, Ishmael, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26Abraham and Ishmael were circumcised on the same day. 27All the men born in Abraham’s household or bought from foreigners were circumcised with him.
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Berĕshith (Genesis) 17
17
1And it came to be when Aḇram was ninety-nine years old, that יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said to him, “I am Ěl Shaddai – walk before Me and be perfect.
2“And I give My covenant between Me and you, and shall greatly increase you.
3And Aḇram fell on his face, and Elohim spoke with him, saying,
4As for Me, look, My covenant is with you, and you shall become a father of many nations.
5“And no longer is your name called Aḇram, but your name shall be Aḇraham, because I shall make you a father of many nations.
6“And I shall make you exceedingly fruitful, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.
7“And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you.
8“And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Kena‛an, as an everlasting possession. And I shall be their Elohim.”
9And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for you, guard My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
10“This is My covenant which you guard between Me and you, and your seed after you: Every male child among you is to be circumcised.
11“And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall become a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
12“And a son of eight days is circumcised by you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your seed.
13“He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your silver, has to be circumcised. So shall My covenant be in your flesh, for an everlasting covenant.
14“And an uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, his life shall be cut off from his people – he has broken My covenant.”
15And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.
16“And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”
17And Aḇraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?”
18And Aḇraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishma‛ĕl live before You!”
19“And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitsḥaq. And I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20“And as for Yishma‛ĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him fruitful, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation.
21“But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥaq, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this appointed time next year.”
22And when He had ended speaking with him, Elohim went up from Aḇraham.
23And Aḇraham took Yishma‛ĕl his son, and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Aḇraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that same day, as Elohim told him.
24And Aḇraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25And Yishma‛ĕl his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26Aḇraham and his son Yishma‛ĕl were circumcised that same day.
27And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with silver from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
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