1 W hen Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, I am the Almighty God; walk and live habitually before Me and be perfect (blameless, wholehearted, complete).

¶ And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect.

2 A nd I will make My covenant (solemn pledge) between Me and you and will multiply you exceedingly.

And I will make my covenant between me and thee and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 T hen Abram fell on his face, and God said to him,

And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

4 A s for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations.

¶ Behold my covenant with thee: Thou shalt be a father of many Gentiles.

5 N or shall your name any longer be Abram; but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.

Neither shall thy name any longer be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many Gentiles have I made thee.

6 A nd I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

And I will multiply thee exceeding, and I will make Gentiles of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 A nd I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you.

¶ And 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.

8 A nd I will give to you and to your posterity after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting inheritance; and I will be their God.

9 A nd God said to Abraham, As for you, you shall therefore keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

And God said again unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

10 T his is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your posterity after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

This shall be my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 A nd you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token or sign of the covenant (the promise or pledge) between Me and you.

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 H e who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male throughout your generations, whether born in house or bought with money from any foreigner not of your offspring.

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male in your generations, he that is born in the house or bought with money of any stranger, who is not of thy seed.

13 H e that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

He 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.

14 A nd the male who is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

And the uncircumcised male whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has annulled my covenant.

15 A nd God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai; but Sarah her name shall be.

¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 A nd I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.

And I will bless her and give thee a son also of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of Gentiles; kings of peoples shall be of her.

17 T hen Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?

Then Abraham fell upon his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him who is one hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

18 A nd said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 B ut God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant or solemn pledge with him for an everlasting covenant and with his posterity after him.

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed, and thou shalt call his name Isaac (laughter); and I will confirm my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his seed after him.

20 A nd as for Ishmael, I have heard and heeded you: behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I shall bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; he shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 B ut My covenant, My promise and pledge, I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

22 A nd God stopped talking with him and went up from Abraham.

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 A nd Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the very same day, as God had said to him.

¶ Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all the servants 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 that same day as God had said unto him.

24 A nd Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.

And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 A nd Ishmael his son 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.

26 O n the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son as well.

In that same day Abraham was circumcised and Ishmael his son.

27 A nd all the men of his house, both those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised along with him.

And all the men of his house, born in the house and bought with money from strangers, were circumcised with him.