Berean Standard Bible
- 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- 2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."
- 3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
- 4 "As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- 5 No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- 8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing-all the land of Canaan-as an eternal possession; and I will be their God."
- 9 God also said to Abraham, "You must keep My covenant-you and your descendants in the generations after you.
- 10 This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
- 11 You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- 12 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner-even those who are not your offspring.
- 13 Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
- 14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."
- 15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
- 16 And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."
- 17 Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?"
- 18 And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"
- 19 But God replied, "Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
- 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- 21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."
- 22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
- 23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money-every male among the members of Abraham's household-and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- 24 So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
- 25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
- 26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
- 27 And all the men of Abraham's household-both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners-were circumcised with him.
