1 A nd 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;

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

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

3 A nd Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

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

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

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

5 a nd thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

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 have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

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

7 ` 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;

¶ 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 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.'

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 saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to 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 My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you to 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 ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant 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 ` 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;

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 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;

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 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.'

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

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 A nd 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?'

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 Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

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

19 a nd 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.

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 s 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;

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 a nd My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the 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 He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.

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

23 A nd 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.

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

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

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

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

26 i n this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

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

27 a nd 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.

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