Abraham to Father Many Nations 1 CPDV In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete. 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 CPDV And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.” BSB BSB: I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
3 CPDV Abram fell prone on his face. BSB BSB: Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
4 CPDV And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations. BSB BSB: “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
5 CPDV No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the 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 CPDV And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you. BSB BSB: I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
7 CPDV And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 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 CPDV And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their 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 CPDV Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations. BSB BSB: God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
11 CPDV And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the 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 CPDV An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock. 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 CPDV And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal 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 CPDV The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.” BSB BSB: But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
15 CPDV God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah. 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 CPDV And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from 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 CPDV Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?” 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 CPDV And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring 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.
21 CPDV Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.” BSB BSB: But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
22 CPDV And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham. BSB BSB: When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
23 CPDV Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed 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 CPDV Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin. BSB BSB: So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
25 CPDV And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision. BSB BSB: and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
26 CPDV On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael. BSB BSB: Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
27 CPDV And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him. 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.