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When 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 .
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And I will make my covenant between me and you ,
and will multiply you exceedingly ."
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Then Abram fell on his face ;
and God said to him ,
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Behold ,
my covenant is with you ,
and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations .
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No longer shall your name be Abram ,
but your name shall be Abraham ;
for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations .
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I will make you exceedingly fruitful ;
and I will make nations of you ,
and kings shall come forth from you .
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And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant ,
to be God to you and to your descendants after you .
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And I will give to you ,
and to your descendants after you ,
the land of your sojournings ,
all the land of Canaan ,
for an everlasting possession ;
and I will be their God ."
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And God said to Abraham , "
As for you ,
you shall keep my covenant ,
you and your descendants after you throughout their generations .
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This is my covenant ,
which you shall keep ,
between me and you and your descendants after you :
Every male among you shall be circumcised .
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You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins ,
and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you .
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He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised ;
every male throughout your generations ,
whether born in your house ,
or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring ,
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both he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money ,
shall be circumcised .
So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant .
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Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people ;
he has broken my covenant ."
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And God said to Abraham , "
As for Sar '
ai your wife ,
you shall not call her name Sar '
ai ,
but Sarah shall be her name .
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I will bless her ,
and moreover I will give you a son by her ;
I will bless her ,
and she shall be a mother of nations ;
kings of peoples shall come from her ."
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Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed ,
and said to himself , "
Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old ?
Shall Sarah ,
who is ninety years old ,
bear a child ?"
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And Abraham said to God , "
O that Ish '
mael might live in thy sight !"
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God said , "
No ,
but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son ,
and you shall call his name Isaac .
I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him .
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As for Ish '
mael ,
I have heard you ;
behold ,
I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly ;
he shall be the father of twelve princes ,
and I will make him a great nation .
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But I will establish my covenant with Isaac ,
whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year ."
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When he had finished talking with him ,
God went up from Abraham .