Abraham to Father Many Nations 1 Brenton And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. BSB BSB: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
2 Brenton And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. BSB BSB: I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
3 Brenton And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, BSB BSB: Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
4 Brenton And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. BSB BSB: “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
5 Brenton And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations. BSB BSB: No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
6 Brenton And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. BSB BSB: I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
7 Brenton And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. BSB BSB: I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8 Brenton And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. BSB BSB: And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
The Covenant of Circumcision 9 Brenton And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations. BSB BSB: God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
11 Brenton And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you. BSB BSB: You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
12 Brenton And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed. BSB BSB: Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
13 Brenton He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant. BSB BSB: Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
14 Brenton And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant. BSB BSB: But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
15 Brenton And God said to Abraam, Sara thy wife—her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name. BSB BSB: Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
16 Brenton And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him. BSB BSB: And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
17 Brenton And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear? BSB BSB: Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
19 Brenton And God said to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him. BSB BSB: But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
20 Brenton And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. BSB BSB: As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 Brenton But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year. BSB BSB: But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
22 Brenton And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam. BSB BSB: When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
23 Brenton And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born servants , and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him. BSB BSB: On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
24 Brenton And Abraam was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. BSB BSB: So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
25 Brenton And Ismael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. BSB BSB: and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
26 Brenton And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son, BSB BSB: Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
27 Brenton and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations. BSB BSB: And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.