Genesis 17:12-22 (New International Version)
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For the generations to come1 every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised,2 including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner--those who are not your offspring.
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Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.3 My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.4
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Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised5 in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;6 he has broken my covenant.7"
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God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai8 your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.9
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I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.10 I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;11 kings of peoples will come from her."
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Abraham fell facedown;12 he laughed13 and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?14 Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"15
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And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael16 might live under your blessing!"17
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Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,18 and you will call him Isaac.a19 I will establish my covenant with him20 as an everlasting covenant21 for his descendants after him.
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.22 He will be the father of twelve rulers,23 and I will make him into a great nation.24
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But my covenant25 I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you26 by this time next year."27
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When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.28
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