BERESHITH (GENESIS) 17

Gen 17:1 And it came to be when Aḇram was ninety-nine years old, that יהוה
appeared to Aḇram and said to him, “I am Ĕl Shaddai – walk before Me and
be perfect.
Gen 17:2 “And I give My covenant between Me and you, and shall greatly
increase you.”
Gen 17:3 And Aḇram fell on his face, and Elohim spoke with him, saying,
Gen 17:4 “As for Me, look, My covenant is with you, and you shall become
a father of many nations.
Gen 17:5 “And no longer is your name called Aḇram, but your name shall be
Aḇraham, because I shall make you a father of many nations.
Gen 17:6 “And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of
you, and sovereigns shall come from you.
Gen 17:7 “And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your
seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohim
to you and your seed after you.
Gen 17:8 “And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your
sojournings, all the land of Kena‛an, as an everlasting possession. And I
shall be their Elohim.”
Gen 17:9 And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for you, guard My covenant,
you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
Gen 17:10 “This is My covenant which you guard between Me and you, and
your seed after you: Every male child among you is to be circumcised.
Gen 17:11 “And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall
become a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Gen 17:12 “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.
Gen 17:13 “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.
Gen 17:14 “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.”
Gen 17:15 And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not
call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.
Gen 17:16 “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.”
Gen 17:17 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?”
Gen 17:18 And Aḇraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishma‛ĕl live before
You!”
Gen 17:19 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.
Gen 17:20 “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.
Gen 17:21 “But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥaq, whom Sarah is to
bear to you at this set time next year.”
Gen 17:22 And when He had ended speaking with him, Elohim went up from
Aḇraham.
Gen 17:23 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.
Gen 17:24 And Aḇraham was ninety-nine years old when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:25 And Yishma‛ĕl his son was thirteen years old when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:26 Aḇraham and his son Yishma‛ĕl were circumcised that same day.
Gen 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with
silver from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.