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| 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, | 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. |
| 2that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” | 2Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers." |
| 3Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, | 3Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, |
| 4“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. | 4"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. |
| 5No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. | 5No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. |
| 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. | 6I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. |
| 7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. | 7I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. |
| 8And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.” | 8The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God." |
| 9And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. | 9Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. |
| 10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. | 10This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. |
| 11You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. | 11You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. |
| 12He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, | 12For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner--those who are not your offspring. |
| 13both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. | 13Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. |
| 14Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” | 14Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant." |
| 15And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. | 15God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. |
| 16I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” | 16I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her." |
| 17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” | 17Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" |
| 18And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” | 18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!" |
| 19God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. | 19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. |
| 20As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation. | 20And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. |
| 21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.” | 21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year." |
| 22When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. | 22When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. |
| 23Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him. | 23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him. |
| 24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. | 24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, |
| 25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. | 25and his son Ishmael was thirteen; |
| 26That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. | 26Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day. |
| 27And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. | 27And every male in Abraham's household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him. |
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