GENESIS Chapter 17
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17:1 When Abram was
ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and
said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right. |
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17:2 I will make my covenant with you and give you many
descendants." |
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17:3 Abram bowed
down with his face touching the ground, and God said, |
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17:4 "I make
this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many
nations. |
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17:5 Your name will
no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many
nations. |
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17:6 I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be
kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations. |
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17:7 "I will
keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an
everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants. |
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17:8 I will give to you and to your descendants this land in
which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your
descendants forever, and I will be their God." |
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17:9 God said to
Abraham, "You also must agree to keep the covenant with me, both you and
your descendants in future generations. |
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17:10 You and your
descendants must all agree to circumcise every male among you. |
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17:11 From now on
you must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old, including
slaves born in your homes and slaves bought from foreigners. This will show
that there is a covenant between you and me. |
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17:12 (SEE 17:11)
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17:13
Each one must be circumcised, and this will be a physical sign to show that my covenant
with you is everlasting. |
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17:14 Any male who
has not been circumcised will no longer be considered one of my people,
because he has not kept the covenant with me." |
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17:15 God said to
Abraham, "You must no longer call your wife Sarai;
from now on her name is Sarah. |
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17:16 I will bless
her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become
the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants." |
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17:17 Abraham bowed
down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he
thought, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can
Sarah have a child at ninety?" |
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17:18 He asked God,
"Why not let Ishmael be my heir?" |
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17:19 But God said,
"No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son and you will name him Isaac. I
will keep my covenant with him and with his descendants forever. It is an
everlasting covenant. |
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17:20 I have heard
your request about Ishmael, so I will bless him and give him many children
and many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will
make a great nation of his descendants. |
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17:21 But I will
keep my covenant with your son Isaac, who will be born to Sarah about this
time next year." |
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17:22 When God
finished speaking to Abraham, he left him. |
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17:23 On that same
day Abraham obeyed God and circumcised his son Ishmael and all the other
males in his household, including the slaves born in his home and those he
had bought. |
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17:24 Abraham was
ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, |
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17:25 and his son
Ishmael was thirteen. |
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17:26 They were both
circumcised on the same day, |
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17:27 together with
all of Abraham's slaves. |
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