(KJV) Genesis 17¹

⥃Abraham to Father Many Nations

[1] And when Abram was² ninety years old and nine, the Lord³ appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty⁴ God; walk⁵ before me, and be thou perfect⁶.⁷ [2] And I⁸ will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply⁹ thee exceedingly. [3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,¹⁰ [4] As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father¹¹ of many nations¹². [5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name¹³ shall be Abraham¹⁴; for a father of many nations have I made thee. [6] And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations¹⁵ of thee, and kings¹⁶ shall come out of thee. [7] And I¹⁷ will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God¹⁸ unto thee, and to¹⁹ thy seed after thee. [8] And I²⁰ will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger²¹, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting²² possession; and I will be their²³ God.

⥃The Covenant of Circumcision

[9] [¶]And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.²⁴ [10] This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every²⁵ man child among you shall be circumcised. [11] And ye shall circumcise the flesh²⁶ of your foreskin; and it shall be a token²⁷ of the covenant betwixt me and you. [12] And he that is eight days old²⁸ shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born²⁹ in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed. [13] He that is born³⁰ in thy house, and he that is bought³¹ with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. [14] And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut³² off from his people; he hath broken³³ my covenant.

[15] And God said unto Abraham, As³⁴ for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah³⁵ [shall] her name [be]. [16] And I³⁶ will bless her, and give³⁷ thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations³⁸; kings³⁹ of people shall be of her. [17] Then Abraham fell⁴⁰ upon his face, and laughed⁴¹, 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? [18] And Abraham said unto God, O that⁴² Ishmael might live before⁴³ thee! [19] And God said, Sarah⁴⁴ thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac⁴⁵: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him. [20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed⁴⁶ him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve⁴⁷ princes shall he beget, and I⁴⁸ will make him a great nation. [21] But my⁴⁹ covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at⁵⁰ this set time in the next year. [22] And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.⁵¹

[23] 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 circumcised⁵² the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. [24] And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.⁵³ [25] And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.⁵⁴ [26] In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.⁵⁵ [27] And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised⁵⁶ with him.