1 W hen Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him and said, “I am God All-powerful. Obey Me, and be without blame.

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

2 A nd I will keep My agreement between Me and you. I will give you many children.”

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

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

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

4 “ See, My agreement is with you. You will be the father of many nations.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 N o more will your name be Abram. But your name will be Abraham. For I will make you the father of many nations.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

6 M any will come from you. I will make nations of you. Kings will come from you.

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 I will make My agreement between Me and you and your children after you through their whole lives for all time. I will be God to you and to your children’s children after you.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

8 I will give to you and your children after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan for yourselves forever. And I will be their God.”

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 T hen God said to Abraham, “You must keep My agreement, you and your children after you for all time.

And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

10 T his is My agreement between Me and you and your children after you, which you must obey: Every man among you must have this religious act done.

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

11 I n this religious act the skin is cut off from the end of your sex part. This will be the special act of the agreement between Me and you.

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

12 E very male child among you who is eight days old must have this religious act done, through all time. The same must be done to all the men born in your house or bought with your money from any stranger, who is not one of your family.

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

13 H e that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must have this religious act done. So will My agreement be marked in your flesh, an agreement that lasts forever.

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 B ut the man who has not had this religious act done, of cutting off his piece of skin, will be cut off from his people. He has broken My agreement.”

And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

15 T hen God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai. But Sarah will be her name.

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 bring good to her. I will give you a son by her. I will bring good to her. And she will be the mother of nations. Kings of many people will come from her.”

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

17 T hen Abraham fell on his face and laughed. He said to himself, “Will a child be born to a man who is 100 years old?

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

18 T hen Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live before You!”

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

19 B ut God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will give birth to your son. And you will give him the name Isaac. I will make My agreement with him and for his children after him, an agreement that will last forever.

And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 A s for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bring good to him. I will make him grow in number. He will be the father of twelve rulers. I will make him a great nation.

And 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.

21 B ut I will make My agreement with Isaac, who will be born to Sarah at this time next year.”

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

22 W hen He had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

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

23 T hen Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, and every man and boy who lived in his house. And he cut off their piece of skin that very day, as God had told him to do.

And 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.

24 A braham was ninety-nine years old when he had the religious act done of cutting off his piece of skin.

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

25 H is son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he had the religious act done of cutting off his piece of skin.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 A braham and his son Ishmael had this religious act done that very day.

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27 A nd all the men of his house, who were born in the house or bought with money from a stranger, had this religious act done with him.

And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.