| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 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. | 1When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless. |
| 2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. | 2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants." |
| 3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, | 3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him, |
| 4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. | 4"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations. |
| 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. | 5No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. |
| 6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. | 6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. |
| 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. | 7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. |
| 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. | 8I will give the whole land of Canaan--the land where you are now residing--to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God." |
| 9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. | 9Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. |
| 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. | 10This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. |
| 11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. | 11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you. |
| 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. | 12Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants. |
| 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. | 13They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder. |
| 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. | 14Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people--he has failed to carry out my requirement." |
| 15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. | 15Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name. |
| 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. | 16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!" |
| 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? | 17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" |
| 18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! | 18Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!" |
| 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. | 19God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him. |
| 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. | 20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation. |
| 21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. | 21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year." |
| 22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. | 22When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. |
| 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. | 23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do. |
| 24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. | 24Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised; |
| 25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. | 25his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised. |
| 26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. | 26Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day. |
| 27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. | 27All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. |
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