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And when Abram was ninety*yearsold and nine, the LORDappeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the AlmightyGod;walk before me, and be thou perfect.[a]
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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly*.
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And Abramfell on his face: and Godtalked with him, saying,
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many[b]nations.
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Neither shall thy name any more be calledAbram, but thy name shall be Abraham;[c] for a father of manynations have I made thee.
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And I will make thee exceeding*fruitful, and I will makenations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlastingcovenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlastingpossession; and I will be their God.
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And Godsaid unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
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And he that is eight[d]daysold shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger*, which is not of thy seed.
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He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlastingcovenant.
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And the uncircumcised man childwhoseflesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
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And Godsaid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her nameSarai,butSarah[e] shall her name be.
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And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations;kings of people shall be of her.
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Then Abrahamfell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundredyearsold? and shall Sarah, that is ninetyyearsold,bear?
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And Abrahamsaid unto God, O thatIshmael might live before thee!
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And Godsaid, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a sonindeed; and thou shalt call his nameIsaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlastingcovenant, and with his seed after him.
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly*; twelve*princes shall he beget, and I will make him a greatnation.
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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the nextyear.
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And he left offtalking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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And AbrahamtookIshmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham'shouse; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsameday, as God had said unto him.
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And Abraham was ninetyyearsold and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Ishmael his son was thirteen*yearsold, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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In the selfsameday was Abrahamcircumcised, and Ishmael his son.
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And all the men of his house,born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger*, were circumcised with him.