Genesis:17

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* And when Abram was ninety and nine years old , the LORD appeared to Abram , and said to him , I the Almighty God ; walk before me , and be thou perfect . (note :)perfect : or , upright , or , sincere (:note ) * And I will make my covenant between me and thee , and will multiply thee exceedingly . * And Abram fell on his face : and God talked with him , saying , * As for me , behold , my covenant with thee , and thou shalt be a father of many nations . (note :)many …: Hebrews . multitude of nations (:note ) * Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram , but thy name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made thee . (note :)Abraham : that is , Father of a great multitude (:note ) * And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful , and I will make nations of thee , and kings shall come forth from 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 to thee , and to thy seed after thee . * And I will give to thee , and to thy seed after thee , the land in which thou art a stranger , all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God . (note :)wherein …: Hebrews . of thy sojournings (:note ) * And God said to Abraham , Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore , thou , and thy seed after thee in their generations . * This my covenant , which ye shall keep , between me and you and thy seed after thee ; Every male among you shall be circumcised . * And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you . * 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 not of thy seed . (note :)he that is eight …: Hebrews . a son of eight days (:note ) * 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 . * And the uncircumcised male whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised , that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant . * And God said to Abraham , As for Sarai thy wife , thou shalt not call her name Sarai , but Sarah her name . (note :)Sarah : that is Princess (:note ) * And I will bless her , and give thee a son also by her : yea , I will bless her , and she shall be of nations ; kings of people shall come from her . (note :)she …: Hebrews . she shall become nations (:note ) * Then Abraham fell upon his face , and laughed , and said in his heart , Shall be born to him that is an hundred years old ? and shall Sarah , who is ninety years old , bear ? * And Abraham said to God , O that Ishmael might live before thee ! * 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 everlasting covenant , with his seed after him . * 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 . * But my covenant will I establish with Isaac , whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set time in the next year . * And he finished talking with him , and God went up 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 circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day , as God had said to him . * And Abraham ninety and nine years old , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin . * And Ishmael his son thirteen years old , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin . * In the same day was Abraham circumcised , and Ishmael his son . * And all the men of his house , born in the house , and bought with money of the stranger , were circumcised with him .

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