Genesis 17:1–14

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

¹Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, ^athe Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,

“I am ¹God ^bAlmighty;

Walk before Me, and be ^2cblameless.

²“I will ¹establish My ^acovenant between Me and you,

And I will ^bmultiply you exceedingly.”

³Abram ^afell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

⁴“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,

And you will be the father of a ^amultitude of nations.

⁵“No longer shall your name be called ¹Abram,

But ^ayour name shall be ²Abraham;

For ^bI will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

⁶“I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and ^akings will come forth from you.

⁷“I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your ¹descendants after you throughout their generations for an ^aeverlasting covenant, ^bto be God to you and ^cto your descendants after you.

⁸“^aI will give to you and to your ¹descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and ^bI will be their God.”

⁹God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, ^ayou shall keep My covenant, you and your ¹descendants after you throughout their generations.

¹⁰“^aThis is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your ¹descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.

¹¹“And ^ayou shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.

¹²“And every male among you who is ^aeight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your ¹descendants.

¹³“A servant who is born in your house or ^awho is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

¹⁴“But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be ^acut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”