Genesis 17
17
1And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, ‘I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;
2and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.’
3And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,
4‘I — lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;
5and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;
6and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
7‘And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;
8and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.’
9And God saith unto Abraham, ‘And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;
10this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised;
11and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.
12‘And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;
13he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;
14and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.’
15And God saith unto Abraham, ‘Sarai thy wife — thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;
16and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations — kings of peoples are from her.’
17And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, ‘To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah — daughter of ninety years — bear?’
18And Abraham saith unto God, ‘O that Ishmael may live before Thee;’
19and God saith, ‘Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.
20As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
21and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;’
22and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.
23And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money — every male among the men of Abraham's house — and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.
24And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
25and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
26in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
27and all the men of his house — born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger — have been circumcised with him.
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Genesis 17
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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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