⁹ Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,^(A) you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.^{(B) 10} This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.^{(C) 11} You are to undergo circumcision,^(D) and it will be the sign of the covenant^(E) between me and you. ¹² For the generations to come^(F) every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised,^(G) including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. ¹³ Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.^(H) My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.^{(I) 14} Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised^(J) in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;^(K) he has broken my covenant.^(L)”

¹⁵ God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai^(M) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.^{(N) 16} I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.^(O) I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;^(P) kings of peoples will come from her.”

¹⁷ Abraham fell facedown;^(Q) he laughed^(R) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?^(S) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”^{(T) 18} And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael^(U) might live under your blessing!”^(V)

¹⁹ Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,^(W) and you will call him Isaac.^[a](X) I will establish my covenant with him^(Y) as an everlasting covenant^(Z) 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.^(AA) He will be the father of twelve rulers,^(AB) and I will make him into a great nation.^{(AC) 21} But my covenant^(AD) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you^(AE) by this time next year.”^{(AF) 22} When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.^(AG)

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

Prosperity After Turning to the Lord

30 When all these blessings and curses^(A) I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations,^{(B) 2} and when you and your children return^(C) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart^(D) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, ³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](E) and have compassion^(F) on you and gather^(G) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(H) you.^{(I) 4} Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(J) from there the Lord your God will gather^(K) you and bring you back.^{(L) 5} He will bring^(M) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(N) than your ancestors. ⁶ The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(O) so that you may love^(P) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. ⁷ The Lord your God will put all these curses^(Q) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.^{(R) 8} You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. ⁹ Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.^(S) The Lord will again delight^(T) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, ¹⁰ if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law^(U) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.^(V)