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Genesis 17

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1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.Select Genesis 17:1

2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.Select Genesis 17:2

3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,Select Genesis 17:3

4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.Select Genesis 17:4

5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.Select Genesis 17:5

6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.Select Genesis 17:6

7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.Select Genesis 17:7

8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.Select Genesis 17:8

9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.Select Genesis 17:9

10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.Select Genesis 17:10

11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.Select Genesis 17:11

12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.Select Genesis 17:12

13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.Select Genesis 17:13

14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.Select Genesis 17:14

15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.Select Genesis 17:15

16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.Select Genesis 17:16

17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, 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?Select Genesis 17:17

18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!Select Genesis 17:18

19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.Select Genesis 17:19

20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.Select Genesis 17:20

21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.Select Genesis 17:21

22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.Select Genesis 17:22

23And 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 circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.Select Genesis 17:23

24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.Select Genesis 17:24

25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.Select Genesis 17:25

26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.Select Genesis 17:26

27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.Select Genesis 17:27

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