Genesis:17

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* When Abram was ninetie yeere olde and nine , the Lord appeared to Abram , and said vnto him , I am God all sufficient . walke before me , and be thou vpright , * And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee , &amp ; I will multiplie thee exceedingly . * Then Abram fell on his face , and God talked with him , saying , * As for me , behold , my covenant [is ] with thee , and thou shalt be a (note :)Not only physical descendants , but of a far greater multitude by faith , ( Rom_4:17 ).(:note ) father of many nations . * Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram , but thy name shall be (note :)The changing of his name is a seal to confirm God 's promise to him .(:note ) Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made thee . * Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull , and will make nations of thee : yea , Kings shall proceede of thee . * Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee , and thy seede after thee in their generations , for an euerlasting couenant , to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee . * And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land , wherein thou art a stranger , euen all the land of Canaan , for an euerlasting possession , and I will be their God . * Againe God said vnto Abraham , Thou also shalt keepe my couenant , thou , and thy seede after thee in their generations . * * And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your (note :)That private part is circumcised , to show that all that is begotten by man is corrupt , and must die .(:note ) foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you . * And euery man childe of eight dayes olde among you , shalbe circumcised in your generations , aswell he that is borne in thine house , as he that is bought with money of any stranger , which is not of thy seede . * He that is borne in thine house , &amp ; he that is bought with thy money , must needes be circumcised : so my couenant shall be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant . * And the uncircumcised (note :)Though women were not circumcised , they still partook of God 's promise : for under mankind all was consecrated . Here it is declared , that whoever condemns the sign , also despises the promise .(:note ) man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised , that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant . * Afterward God said vnto Abraham , Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai , but Sarah shalbe her name . * And I will blesse her , &amp ; will also giue thee a sonne of her , yea , I will blesse her , and she shall be the mother of nations : Kings also of people shall come of her . * Then Abraham fell upon his face , and (note :)Which proceeded from a sudden joy , and not from lack of faith .(:note ) laughed , and said in his heart , Shall [a child ] be born unto him that is an hundred years old ? and shall Sarah , that is ninety years old , bear ? * And Abraham saide vnto God , Oh , that Ishmael might liue in thy sight . * And God said , Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I will establish my covenant with him for an (note :)The everlasting covenant is made with the children of the Spirit . A temporary promise is made with the children of the flesh , as was promised to Ishmael .(:note ) everlasting covenant , [and ] with his seed after him . * And as concerning Ishmael , I haue heard thee : loe , I haue blessed him , and will make him fruitfull , and will multiplie him exceedingly : twelue princes shall he beget , and I will make a great nation of him . * But my couenant will I establish with Izhak , which Sarah shall beare vnto thee , the next yeere at this season . * And he left off talking with him , and God went vp from Abraham . * 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 (note :)They were well taught if they obeyed and were circumcised without resistance . This teaches that masters in their houses ought to be as preachers to their families , that from the highest to the lowest they may obey the will of God .(:note ) circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day , as God had said unto him . * Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine , when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised . * And Ishmael his sonne was thirteene yeere olde , when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised . * The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised , and Ishmael his sonne : * And all the men of his house , both borne in his house , and bought with money of the stranger , were circumcised with him .

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