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 Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I God Almighty, walk habitually 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 give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

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

And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh 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.

`I -- lo, My covenant with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

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.

and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations 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 have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from 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 have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to 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 have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become 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 saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to 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 My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you to 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 have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a 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 a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a 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 is certainly circumcised who born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;

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

and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.'

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 saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah her name;

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 have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from 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?

And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'

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

And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may 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 saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to 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.

As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become 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.

and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'

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

and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth 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.

And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money -- every male among the men of Abraham's house -- and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.

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

And Abraham a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

25 A nd Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

and Ishmael his son a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

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

in this self-same day hath Abraham been 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 the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.