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Genesis 17:11-25 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

11. “And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall become a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

12. “And a son of eight days is circumcised by you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

13. “He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your silver, has to be circumcised. So shall My covenant be in your flesh, for an everlasting covenant.

14. “And an uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, his life shall be cut off from his people – he has broken My covenant.”

15. And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.

16. “And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”

17. And Aḇraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?”

18. And Aḇraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishma‛ĕl live before You!”

19. And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitsḥaq. And I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

20. “And as for Yishma‛ĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation.

21. “But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥaq, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next year.”

22. And when He had ended speaking with him, Elohim went up from Aḇraham.

23. And Aḇraham took Yishma‛ĕl his son, and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Aḇraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that same day, as Elohim told him.

24. And Aḇraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25. And Yishma‛ĕl his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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