¹When Abram was ninety-nine years old , the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him , “I am God Almighty . Walk before me and be blameless .

²I will make my covenant between me and you , and will multiply you exceedingly .”

³Abram fell on his face . God talked with him , saying ,

⁴“As for me , behold , my covenant is with you . You will be the father of a multitude of nations .

⁵Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations .

⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful , and I will make nations of you . Kings will come out of you .

⁷I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant , to be a God to you and to your offspring after you .

⁸I will give to you , and to your offspring after you , the land where you are travelling, all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession . I will be their God .”

⁹God said to Abraham, “As for you , you shall keep my covenant , you and your offspring after you throughout their generations .

¹⁰This is my covenant , which you shall keep , between me and you and your offspring after you . Every male amongst you shall be circumcised .

¹¹You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin . It will be a token of the covenant between me and you .

¹²He who is eight days old shall be circumcised amongst you , every male throughout your generations , he who is born in the house , or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring .

¹³He who is born in your house , and he who is bought with your money , must be circumcised . My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant .

¹⁴The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin , that soul shall be cut off from his people . He has broken my covenant .”

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

¹⁶I will bless her , and moreover I will give you a son by her . Yes , I will bless her , and she will be a mother of nations . Kings of peoples will come from her .”

¹⁷Then Abraham fell on his face , and laughed , and said in his heart , “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old ? Will Sarah , who is ninety years old , give birth ?”

¹⁸Abraham said to God , “Oh that Ishmael might live before you !”

¹⁹God said , “No , but Sarah , your wife, will bear you a son . You shall call his name Isaac . I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him .[#17:19 Isaac means “he laughs”.]

²⁰As for Ishmael , I have heard you . Behold , I have blessed him , and will make him fruitful , and will multiply him exceedingly . He will become the father of twelve princes , and I will make him a great nation .

²¹But I will establish my covenant with Isaac , whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year .”

²²When he finished talking with him , God went up from Abraham.

²³Abraham took Ishmael his son , all who were born in his house , and all who were bought with his money : every male amongst the men of Abraham ’s house , and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day , as God had said to him .

²⁴Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .

²⁵Ishmael , his son , was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .

²⁶In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael , his son , were circumcised .

²⁷All the men of his house , those born in the house , and those bought with money from a foreigner , were circumcised with him .