{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":17,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/16","next":"genesis/18","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“ I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.","f":["Hebrew El-Shaddai"],"h":"Abraham to Father Many Nations","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"“ As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"No longer {will} you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.","f":["Abram means exalted father.","Abraham means father of many.","Cited in Romans 4:17"]},{"v":6,"t":"I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations [of you], and kings will descend from you.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing — all the land of Canaan — as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"God also said to Abraham,“ You must keep My covenant — you and your descendants in the generations after you.","f":[],"h":"The Covenant of Circumcision","style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner — even those who are not your offspring.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"But if any male is not circumcised, [he] will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"Then God said to Abraham,“ As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name [is to be] Sarah.","f":["Both Sarai and Sarah mean princess; the change in spelling may reflect the difference in dialect between Ur and Canaan."],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be [the mother] of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself,“ Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"And Abraham said to God,“ O that Ishmael might live under Your [blessing]!”","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"But God replied,“ Your wife Sarah {will} indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.","f":["Isaac means he laughs."],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"As for Ishmael, I have heard you, [and] I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"When He had finished speaking with [Abraham], God went up from [him].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money — every male among the members of Abraham’s household — and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"and his son Ishmael was thirteen;","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"And all the men of [Abraham’s] household — both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners — were circumcised with him.","f":[]}]}