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Verse 1

And when Abram{H87} was ninety{H8673} years{H8141} old{H1121} and nine,{H8672} Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} to Abram,{H87} and said{H559} unto him, I am God{H410} Almighty;{H7706} walk{H1980} before me,{H6440} and be thou perfect.{H8549}

Verse 2

And I will make{H5414} my covenant{H1285} between me and thee, and will multiply{H7235} thee exceedingly.{H3966}

Verse 3

And Abram{H87} fell{H5307} on his face:{H6440} and God{H430} talked{H1696} with him, saying,{H559}

Verse 4

As for me,{H589} behold, my covenant{H1285} is with thee, and thou shalt be the father{H1} of a multitude{H1995} of nations.{H1471}

Verse 5

Neither shall thy name{H8034} any more be called{H7121} Abram,{H87} but thy name{H8034} shall be Abraham;{H85} for the father{H1} of a multitude{H1995} of nations{H1471} have I made thee.{H5414}

Verse 6

And I will make{H6509} thee exceeding{H3966} fruitful,{H6509} and I will make{H5414} nations{H1471} of thee, and kings{H4428} shall come out{H3318} of thee.

Verse 7

And I will establish{H6965} my covenant{H1285} between me and thee and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} throughout their generations{H1755} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant,{H1285} to be a God{H430} unto thee and to thy seed{H2233} after thee.{H310}

Verse 8

And I will give{H5414} unto thee, and to thy seed{H2233} after thee,{H310} the land{H776} of thy sojournings,{H4033} all the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} for an everlasting{H5769} possession;{H272} and I will be their God.{H430}

Verse 9

And God{H430} said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} And as for thee, thou shalt keep{H8104} my covenant,{H1285} thou, and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} throughout their generations.{H1755}

Verse 10

This is my covenant,{H1285} which ye shall keep,{H8104} between me and you and thy seed{H2233} after thee:{H310} every male{H2145} among you shall be circumcised.{H4135}

Verse 11

And ye shall be circumcised{H5243} in the flesh{H1320} of your foreskin;{H6190} and it shall be a token{H226} of a covenant{H1285} betwixt me and you.

Verse 12

And he that is eight{H8083} days{H3117} old{H1121} shall be circumcised{H4135} among you, every male{H2145} throughout your generations,{H1755} he that is born{H3211} in the house,{H1004} or bought{H4736} with money{H3701} of any foreigner{H1121} that is not of thy seed.{H2233}

Verse 13

He that is born{H3211} in thy house,{H1004} and he that is bought{H4736} with thy money,{H3701} must needs{H4135} be circumcised:{H4135} and my covenant{H1285} shall be in your flesh{H1320} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant.{H1285}

Verse 14

And the uncircumcised{H6189} male{H2145} who{H834} is not circumcised{H4135} in the flesh{H1320} of his foreskin,{H6190} that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772} from his people;{H5971} he hath broken{H6565} my covenant.{H1285}

Verse 15

And God{H430} said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} As for Sarai{H8297} thy wife,{H802} thou shalt not call{H7121} her name{H8034} Sarai,{H8297} but{H3588} Sarah{H8283} shall her name{H8034} be.

Verse 16

And I will bless{H1288} her, and moreover I will give{H5414} thee a son{H1121} of her: yea, I will bless{H1288} her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations;{H1471} kings{H4428} of peoples{H5971} shall be of her.

Verse 17

Then Abraham{H85} fell{H5307} upon his face,{H6440} and laughed,{H6711} and said{H559} in his heart,{H3820} Shall a child be born{H3205} unto him that is a hundred{H3967} years{H8141} old?{H1121} and shall Sarah,{H8283} that is ninety{H8673} years{H8141} old,{H1323} bear?{H3205}

Verse 18

And Abraham{H85} said{H559} unto God,{H430} Oh that{H3863} Ishmael{H3458} might live{H2421} before thee!{H6440}

Verse 19

And God{H430} said,{H559} Nay, but Sarah{H8283} thy wife{H802} shall{H61} bear{H3205} thee a son;{H1121} and thou shalt call{H7121} his name{H8034} Isaac:{H3327} and I will establish{H6965} my covenant{H1285} with him for an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285} for his seed{H2233} after him.{H310}

Verse 20

And as for Ishmael,{H3458} I have heard thee:{H8085} behold, I have blessed{H1288} him, and will make him fruitful,{H6509} and will multiply{H7235} him exceedingly;{H3966} twelve{H6240} princes{H5387} shall he beget,{H3205} and I will make him{H5414} a great{H1419} nation.{H1471}

Verse 21

But my covenant{H1285} will I establish{H6965} with Isaac,{H3327} whom Sarah{H8283} shall bear{H3205} unto thee at this set time{H4150} in the next{H312} year.{H8141}

Verse 22

And he left off{H3615} talking{H1696} with him, and God{H430} went up{H5927} from Abraham.{H85}

Verse 23

And Abraham{H85} took{H3947} Ishmael{H3458} his son,{H1121} and all that were born{H3211} in his house,{H1004} and all that were bought{H4736} with his money,{H3701} every male{H2145} among the men{H582} of Abraham's{H85} house,{H1004} and circumcised{H4135} the flesh{H1320} of their foreskin{H6190} in the selfsame{H6106} day,{H3117} as God{H430} had said{H1696} unto him.

Verse 24

And Abraham{H85} was ninety{H8673} years{H8141} old{H1121} and nine,{H8672} when he was circumcised{H4135} in the flesh{H1320} of his foreskin.{H6190}

Verse 25

And Ishmael{H3458} his son{H1121} was thirteen{H6240} years{H8141} old,{H1121} when he was circumcised{H4135} in the flesh{H1320} of his foreskin.{H6190}

Verse 26

In the selfsame{H6106} day{H3117} was Abraham{H85} circumcised,{H4135} and Ishmael{H3458} his son.{H1121}

Verse 27

And all the men{H582} of his house,{H1004} those born{H3211} in the house,{H1004} and those bought{H4736} with money{H3701} of a foreigner,{H1121} were circumcised{H4135} with him.

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