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"I will establish My covenantbetween Me and you and your descendantsafter you throughout their generations for an everlastingcovenant, to be God to you and to your descendantsafter you.
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"I will give to you and to your descendantsafter you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlastingpossession; and I will be their God."
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"And everymale among you who is eightdaysold shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from anyforeigner*, who is not of your descendants.
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"A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlastingcovenant.
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"But an uncircumcisedmalewho is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cutoff from his people; he has broken My covenant."
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"I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
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Then Abrahamfell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundredyearsold? And will Sarah, who is ninetyyearsold, bear a child?"
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But Godsaid, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his nameIsaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlastingcovenant for his descendantsafter him.
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"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve*princes, and I will make him a greatnation.
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Then AbrahamtookIshmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and allwho were bought with his money, everymale among the men of Abraham'shousehold, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the verysameday, as God had said to him.