Genesis:17

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* When Abram was ninety-nine years old , the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him , "I am Almighty God ; walk before Me and be blameless . * And I will make My covenant between Me and you , and will multiply you exceedingly ." * Then Abram fell on his face , and God talked with him , saying : * "As for Me , behold , My covenant is with you , and you shall be a father of many nations . * No longer shall your name be called Abram , but your name shall be Abraham ; for I have made you a father of many nations . * I will make you exceedingly fruitful ; and I will make nations of you , and kings shall come from you . * And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations , for an everlasting covenant , to be God to you and your descendants after you . * Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger , all the land of Canaan , as an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God ." * And God said to Abraham : "As for you , you shall keep My covenant , you and your descendants after you throughout their generations . * This is My covenant which you shall keep , between Me and you and your descendants after you : Every male child among you shall be circumcised ; * and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins , and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you . * He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised , every male child in your generations , he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant . * He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised , and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant . * And the uncircumcised male child , who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin , that person shall be cut off from his people ; he has broken My covenant ." * Then God said to Abraham , "As for Sarai your wife , you shall not call her name Sarai , but Sarah shall be her name . * And I will bless her and also give you a son by her ; then I will bless her , and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of peoples shall be from her ." * Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed , and said in his heart , "Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old ? And shall Sarah , who is ninety years old , bear a child ?" * And Abraham said to God , "Oh , that Ishmael might live before You !" * Then God said : "No , Sarah your wife shall bear you a son , and you shall call his name Isaac ; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant , and with his descendants after him . * And as for Ishmael , I have heard you . Behold , I have blessed him , and will make him fruitful , and will multiply him exceedingly . He shall beget twelve princes , and I will make him a great nation . * But My covenant I will establish with Isaac , whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year ." * Then He finished talking with him , and God went up from Abraham . * So Abraham took Ishmael his son , all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money , every male among the men of Abraham 's house , and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day , as God had said to him . * Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin . * And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin . * That very same day Abraham was circumcised , and his son Ishmael ; * and all the men of his house , born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner , were circumcised with him .

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