Genesis 17:18-27

New International Version

¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael^(A) might live under your blessing!”^(B)

¹⁹ Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,^(C) and you will call him Isaac.^[a](D) I will establish my covenant with him^(E) as an everlasting covenant^(F) for his descendants after him. ²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.^(G) He will be the father of twelve rulers,^(H) and I will make him into a great nation.^{(I) 21} But my covenant^(J) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you^(K) by this time next year.”^{(L) 22} When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.^(M)

²³ On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household^(N) or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.^{(O) 24} Abraham was ninety-nine years old^(P) when he was circumcised,^{(Q) 25} and his son Ishmael^(R) was thirteen; ²⁶ Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day. ²⁷ And every male in Abraham’s household^(S), including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.