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

and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

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

And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

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

`I -- lo, My covenant with thee, and thou hast become 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.

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

and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from 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 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 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 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 T hen God said to Abraham, “You must keep My agreement, you and your children after you for all time.

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 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 My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you to 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 have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between 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 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 have this religious act done. So will My agreement be marked in your flesh, an agreement that lasts forever.

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

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 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. He said to himself, “Will a child be born to a man who is 100 years old?

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

And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may 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 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 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.

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

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

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

and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth 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 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 braham was ninety-nine years old when he had the religious act done of cutting off his piece of skin.

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

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

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

in this self-same day hath Abraham been 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 -- born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.