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walk before me faithfully and be blameless.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">1</a>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,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">1</a>Now 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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">1</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">1</a>When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him, saying, "I am God Almighty. Live in My presence and be blameless.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">2</a>Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">2</a>that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">2</a>"I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">2</a>And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">2</a>I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you greatly." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm">3</a>Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm">3</a>Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm">3</a>Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm">3</a>And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm">3</a>Then Abram fell facedown and God spoke with him: "</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">4</a>"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">4</a>“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">4</a>"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">4</a>As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">4</a>As for Me, My covenant is with you: you will become the father of many nations.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">5</a>No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">5</a>No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">5</a>"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">5</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">5</a>Your name will no longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">6</a>I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">6</a>I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">6</a>"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">6</a>And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">6</a>I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">7</a>I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">7</a>And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">7</a>"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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">7</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">7</a>I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">8</a>The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">8</a>And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">8</a>"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."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">8</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">8</a>And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing--all the land of Canaan--as an eternal possession, and I will be their God." </td></tr></table> <a name="9" id="9"></a>The Covenant of Circumcision (<a href="../leviticus/12.htm">Leviticus 12:1-8</a>; <a href="../joshua/5.htm">Joshua 5:1-9</a>; <a href="../acts/15.htm">Acts 15:1-4</a>)<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">9</a>Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">9</a>And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">9</a>God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">9</a>And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">9</a>God also said to Abraham, "As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep My covenant. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">10</a>This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">10</a>This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">10</a>"This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">10</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">10</a>This is My covenant, which you are to keep, between Me and you and your offspring after you: Every one of your males must be circumcised. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">11</a>You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">11</a>You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">11</a>"And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">11</a>And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">11</a>You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and you.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">12</a>For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner--those who are not your offspring.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">12</a>He who 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,</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">12</a>"And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">12</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">12</a>Throughout your generations, every male among you at eight days old is to be circumcised. This includes a slave born in your house and one purchased with money from any foreigner. The one who is not your offspring, </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm">13</a>Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm">13</a>both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm">13</a>"A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm">13</a>He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm">13</a>a slave born in your house, as well as one purchased with money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as an everlasting covenant. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">14</a>Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">14</a>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.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">14</a>"But an 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."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">14</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">14</a>If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm">15</a>God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm">15</a>And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm">15</a>Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm">15</a>And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm">15</a>God said to Abraham, "As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">16</a>I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">16</a>I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">16</a>"I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">16</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">16</a>I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm">17</a>Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm">17</a>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?”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm">17</a>Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm">17</a>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?</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm">17</a>Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?"</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm">18</a>And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm">18</a>And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm">18</a>And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm">18</a>And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm">18</a>So Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael were acceptable to You!" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">19</a>Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">19</a>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 offspring after him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">19</a>But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">19</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">19</a>But God said, "No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his future offspring. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">20</a>And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">20</a>As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">20</a>"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">20</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">20</a>As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">21</a>But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">21</a>But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">21</a>"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">21</a>But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">21</a>But I will confirm My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">22</a>When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">22</a>When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">22</a>When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">22</a>And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm">22</a>When He finished talking with him, God withdrew from Abraham. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/17.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">23</a>On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">23</a>Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">23</a>Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">23</a>And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm">23</a>Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or purchased with his money--every male among the members of Abraham's household--and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm">24</a>Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm">24</a>Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm">24</a>Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm">24</a>And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm">24</a>Abraham was 99 years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised, </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm">25</a>and his son Ishmael was thirteen;</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm">25</a>And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm">25</a>And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm">25</a>And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm">25</a>and his son Ishmael was 13 years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm">26</a>Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm">26</a>That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm">26</a>In the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm">26</a>In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm">26</a>On that same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">27</a>And every male in Abraham's household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">27</a>And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">27</a>All the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">27</a>And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">27</a>And all the men of his household--both slaves born in his house and those purchased with money from a foreigner--were circumcised with him. </td></tr></table><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"> THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com" target="_top">Biblica®</a>. 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