Abram Now Called Abraham
1 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless. 2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly.”
3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying, 4 “As for me, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 Your name will no longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and from you, I will make nations. Kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be your God and the God of your offspring after you. 8 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
Covenant of Circumcision
9 God said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 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. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
12 He who is eight days old will 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 your offspring. 13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.
14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”
Sarai Now Called Sarah
15 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but her name will be Sarah. 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 nations will come from her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is 100 years old? Will Sarah, who is 90 years old, give birth?” 18 Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
19 God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife will bear you a son. You shall call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.”
Ishamael and Isaac Blessed
20 “As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
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.
24 Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 On the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised. 27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.