Read Genesis 17

World English Bible · 27 verses

1. ¹ When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ “As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ Your 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ I 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ He 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ The 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ I 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ Then 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?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ God 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ As 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ 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 foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. ²⁷ All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org