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It is a permanent covenant<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And to you and your future offspring<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.17.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I will give the land where you are residing — all the land of Canaan — as a permanent possession,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and I will be their God.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep my covenant. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: Every one of your males must be circumcised. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.17.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Throughout your generations, every male among you is to be circumcised<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at eight days old — every male born in your household or purchased from any foreigner and not your offspring. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.17.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will be her name. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth? ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.17.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> to you! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.17.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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 twelve tribal leaders,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and I will make him into a great nation. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When he finished talking with him, God withdrew<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.17.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from Abraham.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.17.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased — 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. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>On that very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.17.27" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And all the men of his household — whether born in his household or purchased from a foreigner — were circumcised with him.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Genesis.17" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.1">17:1</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Walk</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.5">17:5</a></span> = The Father Is Exalted</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.5.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.5">17:5</a></span> = Father of a Multitude</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.8">17:8</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">seed</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.11">17:11</a></span> <span class="italic">You</span> in v. 11 is pl.</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.15">17:15</a></span> = Princess</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.18">17:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">alive</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.19">17:19</a></span> = He Laughs</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.17.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.22">17:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">went up</span>, or <span class="italic">ascended</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Genesis.17" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.1">17:1</a></span> Gn 28:3; 35:11; Ex 6:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.1">17:1</a></span> Gn 6:9; Ps 15:2; Lk 1:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.5">17:5</a></span> Gn 35:11; 48:19; Rm 4:11–12,16–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.7">17:7</a></span> Gn 9:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.7">17:7</a></span> Ex 6:7; Lv 11:45; 26:12,45; Dt 29:13; Heb 11:16; Rv 21:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.8">17:8</a></span> Gl 3:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.8">17:8</a></span> Gn 48:4; Ac 7:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.11">17:11</a></span> Ex 12:48; Dt 10:16; Ac 7:8; Rm 4:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.12">17:12</a></span> Lv 12:3; Lk 1:59; 2:21; Php 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.16">17:16</a></span> Gn 18:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.17">17:17</a></span> Gn 21:6–7; Rm 4:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.20">17:20</a></span> Gn 25:13–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.21">17:21</a></span> Gn 18:10,14; 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.17.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.17.22">17:22</a></span> Gn 35:13</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Genesis.17" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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