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18 And Abraham sayde vnto God: O that Ismael myght lyue in thy syght. 19 Unto who God sayd: Sara thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, & thou shalt call his name Isahac: and I wyll establishe my couenaunt with hym for an euerlastyng couenaunt and with his seede after hym. 20 And as concernyng Ismael also I haue hearde thee: for I haue blessed him, and wyll make him fruitefull, and wyl multiplie him excedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I wyll make a great nation of hym. 21 But my couenaunt wyl I make with Isahac whiche Sara shall beare vnto thee, euen this tyme twelue moneth. 22 And he left of talkyng with hym, and departed vp from Abraham. 23 Abraham toke Ismael his sonne, and such as were borne in his house, & al that was bought with money, as many as were men chyldren, whiche were amongst the men of Abrahams house, & circumcised the fleshe of their foreskinne euen in the selfe same day, as God had sayde vnto hym. 24 Abraham also hym selfe was ninetie yere olde and nine when the fleshe of his foreskynne was circumcised. 25 Ismael his sonne was thirtie yere old when he was circumcised in the fleshe of his foreskynne. 26 The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his sonne. 27 And all the men of his house, borne in his house, or bought with money of straungers were circumcised with him. Genesis 17:18-27, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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