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No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
No longer shall your
name be
called Abram, but your
name shall be
Abraham, for I have
made you the
father of a
multitude of
nations.
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Then God said to Abraham, ‘As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
And
God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall
keep my
covenant,
you and your
offspring after you throughout
their generations.
(NIV)
God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
And
God said to Abraham, “As for
Sarai your
wife, you shall
not call her
name Sarai,
but Sarah shall be
her name.
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Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’
Then
Abraham fell on his
face and
laughed and
said to
himself, “Shall a child be
born to a man who is a
hundred years old? Shall
Sarah, who is
ninety years old,
bear a child?”
(NIV)
And Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!’
And
Abraham said to God, “Oh
that Ishmael might
live before you!”
(NIV)
When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
When he had
finished talking with him,
God went up from
Abraham.
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On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.
Then
Abraham took Ishmael his
son and
all those
born in his
house or
bought with his
money,
every male among the
men of
Abraham’s house, and he
circumcised the
flesh of their
foreskins that
very day, as
God had
said to him.
(NIV)
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
Abraham was
ninety-nine years old when he was
circumcised in the
flesh of
his foreskin.
(NIV)
Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.
That
very day Abraham and
his son Ishmael were
circumcised.
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And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.
And
all the
men of his
house, those
born in the
house and those
bought with
money from a
foreigner, were
circumcised with him.
(NIV)
The
Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
And the
Lord appeared to him by the
oaks of
Mamre, as
he sat at the
door of his
tent in the
heat of the
day.
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Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
He
lifted up his
eyes and
looked, and
behold,
three men were
standing in
front of him. When he
saw them, he
ran from the
tent door to
meet them and
bowed himself to the
earth
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So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. ‘Quick,’ he said, ‘get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.’
And
Abraham went
quickly into the
tent to Sarah and
said, “
Quick!
Three seahs of
fine flour!
Knead it, and
make cakes.”
(NIV)
Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
And
Abraham ran to the
herd and
took a
calf,
tender and
good, and
gave it
to a
young man, who
prepared it quickly.
(NIV)
Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
Now
Abraham and
Sarah were
old,
advanced in
years. The
way of
women had
ceased to
be with
Sarah.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, “Will I really have a child, now that I am old?”
The
Lord said to Abraham, “
Why did
Sarah laugh and
say, ‘Shall I
indeed bear a child, now that
I am
old?’
(NIV)
When the men got up to leave, they looked down towards Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
Then the
men set out from there, and they
looked down toward Sodom. And
Abraham went with them to set them on their
way.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said, ‘Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
The
Lord said,
“Shall I
hide from
Abraham what I am about to
do,
(NIV)
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
seeing that
Abraham shall surely become a
great and
mighty nation, and
all the
nations of the
earth shall be
blessed in him?
(NIV)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
For I have
chosen him,
that he may
command his
children and his
household after him to
keep the
way of the
Lord by
doing righteousness and
justice, so that the
Lord may
bring to
Abraham what he has
promised him.”
(NIV)
The men turned away and went towards Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the
Lord.
So the
men turned from there and
went toward
Sodom, but
Abraham still stood before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Then Abraham approached him and said: ‘Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Then
Abraham drew
near and
said,
“Will you indeed
sweep away the
righteous with the
wicked?
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Then Abraham spoke up again: ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
Abraham answered and
said,
“
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord,
I who am but
dust and
ashes.
(NIV)
Abraham said, ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?’
He said, ‘For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.’
He
said, “
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord.
Suppose twenty are
found there.” He
answered, “
For the
sake of
twenty I will
not destroy it.”
(NIV)
When the
Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
And the
Lord went his
way,
when he had
finished speaking to Abraham, and
Abraham returned to
his place.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the
Lord.
And
Abraham went
early in the
morning to the
place where he had
stood before the
Lord.
(NIV)
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
So it was that, when
God destroyed the
cities of the
valley,
God remembered Abraham and
sent Lot out of the
midst of the
overthrow when he
overthrew the
cities in
which Lot had
lived.
(NIV)
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,
From there
Abraham journeyed toward the
territory of the
Negeb and
lived between Kadesh and
Shur; and he
sojourned in
Gerar.
(NIV)
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
And
Abraham said of Sarah his
wife,
“
She is my
sister.” And
Abimelech king of
Gerar sent and
took Sarah.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, ‘What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’
Then
Abimelech called Abraham and
said to him, “What have you
done to us? And how have I
sinned against you, that you have
brought on me and my
kingdom a
great sin? You have
done to me things that ought not to be
done.”
(NIV)
And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’
And
Abimelech said to Abraham, “
What did you
see, that you
did this thing?”
(NIV)
Abraham replied, ‘I said to myself, “There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.”
Abraham said, “I did it because I
thought,
‘
There is
no fear of
God at all in this
place, and
they will
kill me because of
my wife.’
(NIV)
Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
Then
Abimelech took sheep and
oxen, and male
servants and
female servants, and
gave them to
Abraham, and
returned Sarah his wife to him.
(NIV)
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,
Then
Abraham prayed to God, and
God healed Abimelech, and also healed his
wife and
female slaves so that they
bore children.
(NIV)
for the
Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
For the
Lord had closed all the
wombs of the
house of
Abimelech because of
Sarah,
Abraham’s wife.
(NIV)
Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
And
Sarah conceived and
bore Abraham a
son in his
old age at the
time of which
God had
spoken to him.
(NIV)
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
Abraham called the
name of his
son who was
born to him, whom
Sarah bore him,
Isaac.
(NIV)
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
And
Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac when he was
eight days old,
as
God had
commanded him.
(NIV)
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Abraham was a
hundred years old when
his son Isaac was
born to him.
(NIV)
And she added, ‘Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.’
And she
said, “Who would have
said to
Abraham that
Sarah would
nurse children?
Yet I have
borne him a
son in
his old age.”
(NIV)
The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
And the
child grew and was
weaned. And
Abraham made a
great feast on the
day that
Isaac was
weaned.
(NIV)
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
But
Sarah saw the
son of
Hagar the
Egyptian, whom she had
borne to
Abraham,
laughing.
(NIV)
and she said to Abraham, ‘Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.’
So she
said to
Abraham,
“Cast
out this
slave woman with her
son, for the
son of this
slave woman shall
not be
heir with my
son Isaac.”
(NIV)
The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
And the
thing was
very displeasing to Abraham on account of
his son.
(NIV)
But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
But
God said to Abraham, “Be not
displeased because of the
boy and because of your
slave woman. Whatever
Sarah says to
you, do as she
tells you, for
through Isaac shall your
offspring be
named.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning and
took bread and a
skin of
water and
gave it
to Hagar,
putting it
on her
shoulder, along with the
child, and
sent her away. And she
departed and
wandered in the
wilderness of
Beersheba.
(NIV)
At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, ‘God is with you in everything you do.
At that
time Abimelech and
Phicol the
commander of his
army said to Abraham,
“
God is with
you in all
that you
do.
(NIV)
Abraham said, ‘I swear it.’
And
Abraham said, “
I will
swear.”
(NIV)
Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.
When
Abraham reproved Abimelech about a
well of
water that
Abimelech’s servants had
seized,
(NIV)
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.
So
Abraham took sheep and
oxen and
gave them to
Abimelech, and the
two men made a
covenant.
(NIV)
Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the
flock apart.
(NIV)
and Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?’
And
Abimelech said to Abraham, “
What is the meaning of these
seven ewe lambs that you have
set apart?”
(NIV)
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the
Lord, the Eternal God.
Abraham
planted a
tamarisk tree in
Beersheba and
called there on the
name of the
Lord,
the
Everlasting God.
(NIV)
And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
And
Abraham sojourned many
days in the
land of the
Philistines.
(NIV)
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’
‘Here I am,’ he replied.
After these
things God tested Abraham and
said to him, “
Abraham!” And he
said, “
Here I am.”
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning,
saddled his
donkey, and
took two of his
young men with him, and his
son Isaac. And he
cut the
wood for the
burnt offering and
arose and
went to the
place of which
God had
told him.
(NIV)
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
On the
third day Abraham lifted up his
eyes and
saw the
place from
afar.
(NIV)
He said to his servants, ‘Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.’
Then
Abraham said to his
young men, “Stay
here with the
donkey;
I and the
boy will
go over
there and
worship and come
again to you.”
(NIV)
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
And
Abraham took the
wood of the
burnt offering and
laid it
on Isaac his
son. And he
took in his
hand the
fire and the
knife. So they
went both of them
together.
(NIV)
Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, ‘Father?’
‘Yes, my son?’ Abraham replied.
‘The fire and wood are here,’ Isaac said, ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’
And
Isaac said to his
father Abraham, “My
father!” And he
said, “
Here I am, my
son.” He
said, “
Behold, the
fire and the
wood, but where is the
lamb for a
burnt offering?”
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