Genesis 17:1–14

The Sign of the Covenant

17When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord ^aappeared to Abram and said to him, ^b“I am ¹Almighty God; ^cwalk before Me and be ^dblameless. ²And I will make My ^ecovenant between Me and you, and ^fwill multiply you exceedingly.” ³Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: ⁴“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be ^ga father of ²many nations. ⁵No longer shall ^hyour name be called ³Abram, but your name shall be ⁴Abraham; ⁱfor I have made you a father of ⁵many nations. ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make ^jnations of you, and ^kkings shall come from you. ⁷And I will ^lestablish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, ^mto be God to you and ⁿyour descendants after you. ⁸Also ^oI give to you and your descendants after you the land ^pin ⁶which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and ^qI will be their God.”

⁹And God said to Abraham: “As for you, ^ryou shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. ¹⁰This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: ^sEvery male child among you shall be circumcised; ¹¹and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be ^ta sign of the covenant between Me and you. ¹²He who is eight days old among you ^ushall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. ¹³He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person ^vshall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”