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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 17 ASV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ASV</a> > Genesis 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/16.htm" title="Genesis 16">◄</a> Genesis 17 <a href="../genesis/18.htm" title="Genesis 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">American Standard Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Abram Named Abraham</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.</p> <a name="9" id="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Covenant of Circumcision<br /><p class="cross">(<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>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name 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>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, 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 selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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