Gen 17 | NASB2020 | STEP | 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 .

Genesis 17

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

1 Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, ^athe Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,

“I am ^{▼▼Heb El Shaddai}God ^cAlmighty;
Walk before Me, and be ^{▼▼Lit complete, perfect; or having integrity
,} ^eblameless.
2 “I will ^{▼▼Lit give}make My ^gcovenant between Me and you,
And I will ^hmultiply you exceedingly.”
3 Abram ⁱfell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a ^jmultitude of nations.
5 “No longer shall you be named ^{▼▼I.e., exalted father}Abram,
But ^lyour name shall be ^{▼▼I.e., father of a multitude}Abraham;
For ⁿI have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and ^okings will come from you. 7 I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after you throughout their generations as an ^qeverlasting covenant, ^rto be God to you and ^sto your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after you. 8 And ^uI will give to you and to your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after you the land where you live as a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and ^wI will be their God.”

9 God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, ^xyou shall keep My covenant, you and your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after you throughout their generations. 10 ^zThis is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ^abyou shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. 12 And every male among you who is ^aceight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, including a slave who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants. 13 A slave who is born in your house or ^aewho is bought with your money shall certainly be circumcised; so My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant. 14 But as for an uncircumcised male, one who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be ^afcut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, you shall not call her by the name ^{▼▼I.e., princess}Sarai, but ^{▼▼I.e., princess (in another dialect)}Sarah shall be her name. 16 I will bless her, and indeed I will give you ^aia son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; ^ajkings of peoples will ^{▼▼Lit be}come from her.” 17 Then Abraham ^alfell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to a man a hundred years old? And ^amwill Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth to a child?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” 19 But God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will bear you ^ana son, and you shall name him ^{▼▼I.e., he laughs}Isaac; and ^apI will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after him. 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and ^armake him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. ^asHe shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a ^atgreat nation. 21 But I will establish My covenant with ^auIsaac, whom ^avSarah will bear to you at this season next year.” 22 When He finished talking with him, ^awGod went up from Abraham.

23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all the slaves who were ^axborn 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 on this very same day, ^ayas God had said to him. 24 Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when ^azhe was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And his son ^baIshmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 On this very same day Abraham was circumcised, as well as his son Ishmael. 27 And all the men of his household, those who were ^bbborn in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.