Genesis 17 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and announced, |I am God Almighty. Live in constant awareness that I'm always with you, and be blameless. When 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, When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
2 I'll establish my covenant between me and you, and I'll greatly increase your numbers.| that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”
3 Then Abram fell to the ground as God continued speaking to him. Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
4 |Look, I've made a covenant with you. You will be the father of many nations. “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
5 Your name is no longer to be Abram. Instead your name will be Abraham, since I'll make you the father of many nations. No 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. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
6 I'm going to cause you to have many descendants, and I'll bring nations from you. Kings will come from you. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
7 I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, and with your descendants who come after you, generation after generation, as an eternal covenant, to be your God and your descendants' God after you. And 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. I 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.
8 I'll give to you and to your descendants the land to which you have traveled—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession. I will be their God.| And 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.” The 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.”
9 God continued to speak to Abraham, |You and your descendants who are born in the future are to keep my covenant—that is, you and your descendants, generation after generation. And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
10 Here is my covenant that you are to observe, between me and you and your descendants: Every male among you is to be circumcised. This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 You are all to be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and this is to be the sign of the covenant between me and you. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
12 Generation after generation, every male among you is to be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, including the servant born in your house or the one purchased from a foreigner, who is not of your offspring. He 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, For 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.
13 The servant born in your house or the one purchased with money is to be circumcised. My covenant is to remain in your flesh as an eternal covenant. both 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. Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.
14 Any uncircumcised male who does not have the foreskin of his flesh circumcised on the eighth day after his birth is to be eliminated from his people because he has broken my covenant.| Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
15 God told Abraham, |As for Sarai your wife, you are not to call her Sarai any longer, because her name is to be Sarah. And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
16 I will bless her. Furthermore, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her, so that nations, kings, and people will come from her.| I 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.” I 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.”
17 Abraham fell to the ground, laughed, and told himself, |Can a child be born to a 100-year-old man? Can a 90-year-old Sarah give birth?| Then 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?” Abraham 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?”
18 So Abraham responded to God, |If only Ishmael would live in constant awareness that you're always with him!| And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”
19 But God replied, |No, but your wife Sarah will give birth to your son, and you are to name him Isaac. I'll confirm my covenant with him as an eternal covenant for his descendants. God 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. Then 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.
20 And as for Ishmael, I've heard you. I'll bless him, and he'll have many descendants. I will multiply him greatly, he'll father twelve tribal leaders, and I'll cause his descendants to become a great nation. As 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. And 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.
21 Now as to Isaac, I'll confirm my covenant with him, to whom Sarah will give birth as your son at this time next year.| But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.” But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”
22 With that, God finished talking to Abraham, and ascended, leaving him. When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the servants born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the men of his household—and circumcised them that very day, just as God had spoken to him. Then 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. On 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.
24 Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised, Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised. And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
26 Both Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on that very day. That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.
27 Every man born in his household—as well as those who had been purchased with money from a foreigner—was circumcised with him. And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. And 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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