Genesis 17:1–14

¹And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, ‘I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect; ²and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.’ ³And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

⁴‘I—lo, My covenant is with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations; ⁵and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee; ⁶and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

⁷‘And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee; ⁸and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.’ ⁹And God saith unto Abraham, ‘And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations; ¹⁰this is My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you is to be circumcised; ¹¹and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

¹²‘And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed; ¹³he is certainly circumcised who is born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during; ¹⁴and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.’