¶ And when Abram was¹ ninety years old and nine, the LORD² appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty³ God; walk⁴ before me, and be thou perfect⁵.

And I⁶ will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply⁷ thee exceedingly.

⁸And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

¶ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father⁹ of many nations¹⁰.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name¹¹ shall be Abraham¹²; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations¹³ of thee, and kings¹⁴ shall come out of thee.

¶ And I¹⁵ will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God¹⁶ unto thee, and to¹⁷ thy seed after thee.

And I¹⁸ will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger¹⁹, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting²⁰ possession; and I will be their²¹ God.

²²And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

¶ This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every²³ man child among you shall be circumcised.

And ye shall circumcise the flesh²⁴ of your foreskin; and it shall be a token²⁵ of the covenant betwixt me and you.

And he that is eight days old²⁶ shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born²⁷ in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

He that is born²⁸ in thy house, and he that is bought²⁹ with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut³⁰ off from his people; he hath broken³¹ my covenant.

¶ And God said unto Abraham, As³² for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah³³ shall her name be.

And I³⁴ will bless her, and give³⁵ thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations³⁶; kings³⁷ of people shall be of her.

Then Abraham fell³⁸ upon his face, and laughed³⁹, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

And Abraham said unto God, O that⁴⁰ Ishmael might live before⁴¹ thee!

And God said, Sarah⁴² thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac⁴³: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

¶ And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed⁴⁴ him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve⁴⁵ princes shall he beget, and I⁴⁶ will make him a great nation.

But my⁴⁷ covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at⁴⁸ this set time in the next year.

⁴⁹And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised⁵⁰ the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

⁵¹And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

⁵²And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised⁵³, and Ishmael his son.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.