Genesis 17:1-21

Genesis 17:1-21

[1] And when Abram  was ninety  years  old  and nine,  the LORD  appeared  to Abram,  and said  unto him, I am the Almighty  God;  walk  before me,  and be thou perfect.  [2] And I will make  my covenant  between me and thee, and will multiply  thee exceedingly.  [3] And Abram  fell  on his face:  and God  talked  with him, saying,  [4] As for me,  behold, my covenant  is with thee, and thou shalt be a father  of many  nations.  [5] 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.  [6] thee exceeding  fruitful,  and I will make  nations  of thee, and kings  shall come out  [7] 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  unto thee, and to thy seed  after thee.  [8] And I will give  unto thee, and to thy seed  after thee,  the land  wherein thou art a stranger,  all the land  of Canaan,  for an everlasting  possession;  and I will be their God.  [9] And God  said  unto Abraham,  Thou shalt keep  my covenant  therefore, thou, and thy seed  after thee  in their generations.  [10] This is my covenant,  which ye shall keep,  between me and you and thy seed  after thee;  Every man child  among you shall be circumcised.  [11] And ye shall circumcise  the flesh  of your foreskin;  and it shall be a token  of the covenant  [12] And he that is eight  days  old  shall be circumcised  among you, every man child  in your generations,  he that is born  in the house,  or bought  with money  of any stranger,  which is not of thy seed.  [13] He that is born  in thy house,  and he that is bought  with thy money,  must needs  and my covenant  shall be in your flesh  for an everlasting  covenant.  [14] And the uncircumcised  man child  whose  flesh  of his foreskin  is not circumcised,  that soul  shall be cut off  from his people;  he hath broken  my covenant.  [15] And God  said  unto Abraham,  As for Sarai  thy wife,  thou shalt not call  her name  Sarai,  but  Sarah  shall her name  [16] And I will bless  her, and give  thee a son  also of her: yea, I will bless  her, and she shall be a mother of nations;  kings  of people  shall be of her. [17] Then Abraham  fell  upon his face,  and laughed,  and said  in his heart,  Shall a child be born  unto him that is an hundred  years  old?  and shall Sarah,  that is ninety  years  old,  bear?  [18] And Abraham  said  unto God,  O that  Ishmael  might live  before thee!  [19] 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,  and with his seed  after him.  [20] 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.  [21] But my covenant  will I establish  with Isaac,  which Sarah  shall bear  unto thee at this set time  in the next  year.