| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. | 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, |
| 2And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” | 2that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” |
| 3Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: | 3Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, |
| 4“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. | 4“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. |
| 5No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a 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. |
| 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. | 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. |
| 7And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after 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. |
| 8Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” | 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.” |
| 9And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. | 9And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. |
| 10This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; | 10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. |
| 11and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. | 11You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. |
| 12He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. | 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, |
| 13He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. | 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. |
| 14And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My 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.” |
| 15Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. | 15And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. |
| 16And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.” | 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.” |
| 17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” | 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?” |
| 18And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” | 18And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” |
| 19Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. | 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. |
| 20And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. | 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. |
| 21But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.” | 21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.” |
| 22Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. | 22When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. |
| 23So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to 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. |
| 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 in the flesh of his foreskin. |
| 25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. | 25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
| 26That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael; | 26That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. |
| 27and all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. | 27And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. |
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