c.
God's covenant confirmed with circumcision
17:1-14
Gen. 17
:1
17:1
And when Abram was
1ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him,
I am the
2aAll-sufficient God;
3Walk before Me, and be
3perfect.
Gen. 17
:2
17:2
And I will make My
acovenant between Me and you,
And I will
bmultiply you exceedingly.
Gen. 17
:3
17:3
And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
Gen. 17
:4
17:4
As for Me, this is My acovenant with you,
And you shall become the
bfather of a multitude of
1nations.
Gen. 17
:5
17:5
Your name shall no longer be called
1Abram,
But your name shall be
2aAbraham;
For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen. 17
:6
17:6
And I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make
anations of you, and
bkings will come forth from you.
Gen. 17
:7
17:7
And I will establish My
acovenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be
bGod to you and to your seed after you.
Gen. 17
:8
17:8
And I will give to you and to your
aseed after you the land of your
bsojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be
ctheir God.
Gen. 17
:9
17:9
And God said to Abraham, And as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
Gen. 17
:10
17:10
This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you: Every male among you shall be
1acircumcised.
Gen. 17
:11
17:11
And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a
1asign of a covenant between Me and you.
Gen. 17
:12
17:12
And he who is
1eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any
aforeigner who is not of your seed.
Gen. 17
:13
17:13
He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised; thus My
acovenant shall be in your flesh for an
beverlasting covenant.
Gen. 17
:14
17:14
But as for the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be
1cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
d.
The birth of Isaac promised
17:15-27
Gen. 17
:15
17:15
And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name
1Sarai, but her name shall be
2Sarah.
Gen. 17
:16
17:16
And I will bless her, and I will also give you a
ason 1by her. Indeed, I will bless her, and she will be
a mother of bnations; kings of peoples will come forth from her.
Gen. 17
:17
17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face and
alaughed and said in his heart, Will a child be born to a man who is a
bhundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
Gen. 17
:18
17:18
And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before You!
Gen. 17
:19
17:19
But God said, No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a
ason, and you shall call his name
1bIsaac; and I will
2establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gen. 17
:20
17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; indeed, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will
amultiply him exceedingly.
bTwelve princes will he beget, and I will make him a
cgreat nation.
Gen. 17
:21
17:21
But My covenant I will
aestablish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this
1bappointed time next year.
Gen. 17
:22
17:22
And when He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Gen. 17
:23
17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and
acircumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the very same day, as God had said to him.
Gen. 17
:24
17:24
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen. 17
:25
17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen. 17
:26
17:26
On the very same day Abraham was circumcised as well as Ishmael his son.
Gen. 17
:27
17:27
And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
