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<p class="indent2">Walk before Me and be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>blameless, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>so that I may <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>confirm My covenant between Me and you, <p class="indent2">And that I may multiply you exceedingly.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Abram fell on his face, and God spoke with him, saying, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, <p class="indent2">And you will be the father of a multitude of nations. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And no longer shall your name be called <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Abram, <p class="indent2">But your name shall be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Abraham; <p class="indent2">For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will go forth from you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your seed after you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And I will give to you and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, one who is born in the house or one who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your seed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A <i>servant</i> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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.” <p class="hdg">Sarah Will Bear Isaac</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Sarah <i>shall be</i> her name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be <i>a mother of</i> nations; kings of peoples will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>come from her.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, “Will <i>a son</i> be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear <i>a son</i>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all 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 spoken with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>In the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now all the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Heb <i>El Shaddai</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>having integrity</i>; lit <i>complete</i>, <i>perfect</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>give</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>exalted father</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>father of a multitude</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>princess</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>be</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>he laughs</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>beget twelve princes</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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