| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 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. | 1And 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. |
| 2And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” | 2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. |
| 3Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: | 3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, |
| 4“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. | 4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many 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. | 5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. |
| 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. | 6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. |
| 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 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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 unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in 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 ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child 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. | 11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt 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. | 12And 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. |
| 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. | 13He 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. |
| 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.” | 14And 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. |
| 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 unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. |
| 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.” | 16And 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. |
| 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 upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? |
| 18And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” | 18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! |
| 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. | 19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed 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. | 20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. |
| 21But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.” | 21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. |
| 22Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. | 22And he left off talking with him, and 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. | 23And 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. |
| 24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. | 24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, 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; | 26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. |
| 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, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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