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Verse 1

And when Abram{H87} was ninety{H8673}{H8141} years{H8141} old{H1121} and nine{H8672}, the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} to Abram{H87}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, I am the Almighty{H7706} God{H410}; walk{H1980}{(H8690)} before me{H6440}, and be thou perfect{H8549}.

Verse 2

And I will make{H5414}{(H8799)} my covenant{H1285} between me and thee, and will multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} thee exceedingly{H3966}{H3966}.

Verse 3

And Abram{H87} fell{H5307}{(H8799)} on his face{H6440}: and God{H430} talked{H1696}{(H8762)} with him, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Verse 4

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

Verse 5

Neither shall thy name{H8034} any more be called{H7121}{(H8735)} Abram{H87}, but thy name{H8034} shall be Abraham{H85}; for a father{H1} of many{H1995} nations{H1471} have I made thee{H5414}{(H8804)}.

Verse 6

And I will make{H6509} thee exceeding{H3966}{H3966} fruitful{H6509}{(H8689)}, and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} nations{H1471} of thee, and kings{H4428} shall come out{H3318}{(H8799)} of thee.

Verse 7

And I will establish{H6965}{(H8689)} my covenant{H1285} between me and thee and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} in 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}{(H8804)} unto thee, and to thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310}, the land{H776} wherein thou art a stranger{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}{(H8799)} unto Abraham{H85}, Thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} my covenant{H1285} therefore, thou, and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} in their generations{H1755}.

Verse 10

This is my covenant{H1285}, which ye shall keep{H8104}{(H8799)}, between me and you and thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310}; Every man child{H2145} among you shall be circumcised{H4135}{(H8736)}.

Verse 11

And ye shall circumcise{H5243}{(H8804)} the flesh{H1320} of your foreskin{H6190}; and it shall be a token{H226} of the covenant{H1285} betwixt me and you.

Verse 12

And he that is eight{H8083} days{H3117} old{H1121} shall be circumcised{H4135}{(H8735)} among you, every man child{H2145} in your generations{H1755}, he that is born{H3211} in the house{H1004}, or bought{H4736} with money{H3701} of any stranger{H1121}{H5236}, which 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}{(H8736)} be circumcised{H4135}{(H8735)}: and my covenant{H1285} shall be in your flesh{H1320} for an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285}.

Verse 14

And the uncircumcised{H6189} man child{H2145} whose{H834} flesh{H1320} of his foreskin{H6190} is not circumcised{H4135}{(H8735)}, that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} from his people{H5971}; he hath broken{H6565}{(H8689)} my covenant{H1285}.

Verse 15

And God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Abraham{H85}, As for Sarai{H8297} thy wife{H802}, thou shalt not call{H7121}{(H8799)} her name{H8034} Sarai{H8297}, but{H3588} Sarah{H8283} shall her name{H8034} be.

Verse 16

And I will bless{H1288}{(H8765)} her, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee a son{H1121} also of her: yea, I will bless{H1288}{(H8765)} her, and she shall be a mother of nations{H1471}; kings{H4428} of people{H5971} shall be of her.

Verse 17

Then Abraham{H85} fell{H5307}{(H8799)} upon his face{H6440}, and laughed{H6711}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} in his heart{H3820}, Shall a child be born{H3205}{(H8735)} unto him that is an hundred{H3967} years{H8141} old{H1121}? and shall Sarah{H8283}, that is ninety{H8673} years{H8141} old{H1323}, bear{H3205}{(H8799)}?

Verse 18

And Abraham{H85} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto God{H430}, O that{H3863} Ishmael{H3458} might live{H2421}{(H8799)} before thee{H6440}!

Verse 19

And God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Sarah{H8283} thy wife{H802} shall bear{H3205}{(H8802)} thee a son{H1121} indeed{H61}; and thou shalt call{H7121}{(H8804)} his name{H8034} Isaac{H3327}: and I will establish{H6965}{(H8689)} my covenant{H1285} with him for an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285}, and with his seed{H2233} after him{H310}.

Verse 20

And as for Ishmael{H3458}, I have heard thee{H8085}{(H8804)}: Behold, I have blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} him, and will make him fruitful{H6509}{(H8689)}, and will multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} him exceedingly{H3966}{H3966}; twelve{H6240}{H8147} princes{H5387} shall he beget{H3205}{(H8686)}, and I will make him{H5414}{(H8804)} a great{H1419} nation{H1471}.

Verse 21

But my covenant{H1285} will I establish{H6965}{(H8686)} with Isaac{H3327}, which Sarah{H8283} shall bear{H3205}{(H8799)} unto thee at this set time{H4150} in the next{H312} year{H8141}.

Verse 22

And he left off{H3615}{(H8762)} talking{H1696}{(H8763)} with him, and God{H430} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} from Abraham{H85}.

Verse 23

And Abraham{H85} took{H3947}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} the flesh{H1320} of their foreskin{H6190} in the selfsame{H6106} day{H3117}, as God{H430} had said{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him.

Verse 24

And Abraham{H85} was ninety{H8673} years{H8141} old{H1121} and nine{H8672}, when he was circumcised{H4135}{(H8736)} in the flesh{H1320} of his foreskin{H6190}.

Verse 25

And Ishmael{H3458} his son{H1121} was thirteen{H6240}{H7969} years{H8141} old{H1121}, when he was circumcised{H4135}{(H8736)} in the flesh{H1320} of his foreskin{H6190}.

Verse 26

In the selfsame{H6106} day{H3117} was Abraham{H85} circumcised{H4135}{(H8738)}, and Ishmael{H3458} his son{H1121}.

Verse 27

And all the men{H582} of his house{H1004}, born{H3211} in the house{H1004}, and bought{H4736} with money{H3701} of the stranger{H1121}{H5236}, were circumcised{H4135}{(H8738)} with him.

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