Genesis 17:1-8

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Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;^[a] walk before me, and be ^(A)blameless, ²that I may make my covenant between me and you, and ^(B)may multiply you greatly.” ³Then Abram ^(C)fell on his face. And God said to him, ⁴“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be ^(D)the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵No longer shall your name be called Abram,^[b] but ^(E)your name shall be Abraham,^[c] ^(F)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make ^(G)you into nations, and ^(H)kings shall come from you. ⁷And I will ^(I)establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, ^(J)to be God to you and to your offspring after you. ⁸And ^(K)I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and ^(L)I will be their God.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El Shaddai
Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

Genesis 17:15-21

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Isaac's Birth Promised

¹⁵And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah^[a] shall be her name. ¹⁶I will bless her, and moreover, I will ^(A)give^[b] you a son by her. I will bless her, and ^(B)she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” ¹⁷Then Abraham ^(C)fell on his face ^(D)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?” ¹⁸And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” ¹⁹God said, “No, but ^(E)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name ^(F)Isaac.^[c] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. ²⁰As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and ^(G)multiply him greatly. He ^(H)shall father twelve princes, and ^(I)I will make him into a great nation. ²¹But ^(J)I will establish my covenant with Isaac, ^(K)whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”