Thematic Bible
Genesis 17:1 (show verse)
When Abram [was] ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless
Genesis 17:2 (show verse)
so that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you {exceedingly}."
Genesis 17:3 (show verse)
Then Abram fell upon his face and God spoke with him, saying,
Genesis 17:4 (show verse)
"[As for] me, behold, my covenant [shall be] with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:5 (show verse)
Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:6 (show verse)
And I will make you {exceedingly} fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you.
Genesis 17:7 (show verse)
And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.
Genesis 17:8 (show verse)
And I will give to you and to your offspring after you {the land in which you are living as an alien}, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."
Genesis 17:9 (show verse)
And God said to Abraham, "Now [as for] you, you must keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you, throughout their generations.
Genesis 17:10 (show verse)
This [is] my covenant which you shall keep, between me and you, and [also] with your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
Genesis 17:11 (show verse)
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:12 (show verse)
And {at eight days of age} you shall yourselves circumcise every male [belonging] to your generations [and] {the servant born in your house and the one bought from any foreigner} who is not from your offspring.
Genesis 17:13 (show verse)
{You must certainly circumcise} {the servant born in your house and the one bought from any foreigner}. And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:14 (show verse)
And [as for any] uncircumcised male who has not circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.
Genesis 17:15 (show verse)
And God said to Abraham, "[as for] Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [shall be] her name.
Genesis 17:16 (show verse)
And I will bless her; moreover, I give to you from her a son. And I will bless her, and {she shall give rise to nations}. Kings of peoples shall come from her."
Genesis 17:17 (show verse)
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, "{Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old}, or {can Sarah bear a child at ninety}?"
Genesis 17:18 (show verse)
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
Genesis 17:19 (show verse)
And God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear a son for you, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant to his offspring after him.
Genesis 17:20 (show verse)
And [as for] Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless him and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him {exceedingly}. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:21 (show verse)
But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this appointed time next year."
Genesis 17:22 (show verse)
When he finished speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 17:23 (show verse)
And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born of his house, and all [those] acquired by his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the same day that God spoke with him.
Genesis 17:24 (show verse)
Abraham [was] ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:25 (show verse)
And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26 (show verse)
Abraham and his son Ishmael [were] circumcised on the same day.
Genesis 17:27 (show verse)
And all the men of his house, {those born in the house, and those acquired by money from a foreigner}, were circumcised with him.