Genesis 16:9-17:11

New International Version

⁹Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” ¹⁰The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”^(A)

¹¹The angel of the Lord^(B) also said to her:

“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.^(C)
You shall name him^(D) Ishmael,^[a]^(E)
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.^(F)
¹²He will be a wild donkey^(G) of a man;
    his hand will be against everyone
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
    toward^[b] all his brothers.^(H)”

¹³She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,^(I)” for she said, “I have now seen^[c] the One who sees me.”^(J) ¹⁴That is why the well^(K) was called Beer Lahai Roi^[d];^(L) it is still there, between Kadesh^(M) and Bered.

¹⁵So Hagar^(N) bore Abram a son,^(O) and Abram gave the name Ishmael^(P) to the son she had borne. ¹⁶Abram was eighty-six years old^(Q) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

The Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,^(R) the Lord appeared to him^(S) and said, “I am God Almighty^[e];^(T) walk before me faithfully and be blameless.^(U) ²Then I will make my covenant between me and you^(V) and will greatly increase your numbers.”^(W)

³Abram fell facedown,^(X) and God said to him, ⁴“As for me, this is my covenant with you:^(Y) You will be the father of many nations.^(Z) ⁵No longer will you be called Abram^[f]; your name will be Abraham,^[g]^(AA) for I have made you a father of many nations.^(AB) ⁶I will make you very fruitful;^(AC) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.^(AD) ⁷I will establish my covenant^(AE) as an everlasting covenant^(AF) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God^(AG) and the God of your descendants after you.^(AH) ⁸The whole land of Canaan,^(AI) where you now reside as a foreigner,^(AJ) I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;^(AK) and I will be their God.^(AL)”

⁹Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,^(AM) you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.^(AN) ¹⁰This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.^(AO) ¹¹You are to undergo circumcision,^(AP) and it will be the sign of the covenant^(AQ) between me and you.