| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. | 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 you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” | 2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants." |
| 3Then 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, |
| 4“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall 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. |
| 5No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. | 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. |
| 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. | 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 you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. | 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. |
| 8Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as 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 to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout 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 you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male 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 you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. | 11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you. |
| 12He who is eight days old among you shall 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. | 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 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. | 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 male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has 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." |
| 15Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. | 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 also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from 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 on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” | 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 to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” | 18Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!" |
| 19Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants 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 you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, 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 I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.” | 21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year." |
| 22Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. | 22When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. |
| 23So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to 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. |
| 24Abraham was ninety-nine years old 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. |
| 26That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael; | 26Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day. |
| 27and all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, 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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