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1. When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
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1. And when Abram H87 was H1961 ninety H8673 years H8141 old H1121 and nine H8672 , the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to H413 Abram H87 , and said H559 unto H413 him, I H589 am the Almighty H7706 God H410 ; walk H1980 before H6440 me , and be H1961 thou perfect H8549 .
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2. Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants."
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2. And I will make H5414 my covenant H1285 between H996 me and thee , and will multiply H7235 thee exceedingly H3966 H3966 .
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3. Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
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3. And Abram H87 fell H5307 on H5921 his face H6440 : and God H430 talked H1696 with H854 him, saying H559 ,
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4. "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
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4. As for me H589 , behold H2009 , my covenant H1285 is with H854 thee , and thou shalt be H1961 a father H1 of many H1995 nations H1471 .
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5. No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
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5. Neither H3808 shall H853 thy name H8034 any more H5750 be called H7121 Abram H87 , but thy name H8034 shall be H1961 Abraham H85 ; for H3588 a father H1 of many H1995 nations H1471 have I made H5414 thee.
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6. I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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6. And I will make thee exceeding H3966 H3966 fruitful H6509 , and I will make H5414 nations H1471 of thee , and kings H4428 shall come out H3318 of H4480 thee.
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7. I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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7. And I will establish H6965 H853 my covenant H1285 between H996 me and thee and thy seed H2233 after H310 thee in their generations H1755 for an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 , to be H1961 a God H430 unto thee , and to thy seed H2233 after H310 thee.
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8. I will give the whole land of Canaan� the land where you are now residing� to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."
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8. And I will give H5414 unto thee , and to thy seed H2233 after H310 thee, H853 the land H776 wherein thou art a stranger H4033 , H853 all H3605 the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , for an everlasting H5769 possession H272 ; and I will be H1961 their God H430 .
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9. Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
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9. And God H430 said H559 unto H413 Abraham H85 , Thou H859 shalt keep H8104 H853 my covenant H1285 therefore, thou H859 , and thy seed H2233 after H310 thee in their generations H1755 .
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10. This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
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10. This H2063 is my covenant H1285 , which H834 ye shall keep H8104 , between H996 me and you and thy seed H2233 after H310 thee; Every H3605 man child H2145 among you shall be circumcised H4135 .
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11. You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
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11. And ye shall circumcise H4135 H853 the flesh H1320 of your foreskin H6190 ; and it shall be H1961 a token H226 of the covenant H1285 between H996 me and you.
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12. Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
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12. And he that is eight H8083 days H3117 old H1121 shall be circumcised H4135 among you, every H3605 man child H2145 in your generations H1755 , he that is born H3211 in the house H1004 , or bought H4736 with money H3701 of any H4480 H3605 stranger H1121 H5236 , which H834 is not H3808 of thy seed H4480 H2233 .
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13. They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.
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13. He that is born H3211 in thy house H1004 , and he that is bought H4736 with thy money H3701 , must needs be circumcised H4135 H4135 : and my covenant H1285 shall be H1961 in your flesh H1320 for an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 .
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14. Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people� he has failed to carry out my requirement."
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14. And the uncircumcised H6189 man child H2145 whose H834 H853 flesh H1320 of his foreskin H6190 is not H3808 circumcised H4135 , that H1931 soul H5315 shall be cut off H3772 from his people H4480 H5971 ; he hath broken H6565 H853 my covenant H1285 .
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15. Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
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15. And God H430 said H559 unto H413 Abraham H85 , As for Sarai H8297 thy wife H802 , thou shalt not H3808 call H7121 H853 her name H8034 Sarai H8297 , but H3588 Sarah H8283 shall her name H8034 be .
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16. I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"
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16. And I will bless H1288 her , and give H5414 thee a son H1121 also H1571 of H4480 her: yea , I will bless H1288 her , and she shall be H1961 a mother of nations H1471 ; kings H4428 of people H5971 shall be H1961 of H4480 her.
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17. Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
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17. Then Abraham H85 fell H5307 upon H5921 his face H6440 , and laughed H6711 , and said H559 in his heart H3820 , Shall a child be born H3205 unto him that is a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 ? and shall Sarah H8283 , that is ninety H8673 years H8141 old H1323 , bear H3205 ?
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18. Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!"
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18. And Abraham H85 said H559 unto H413 God H430 , O that H3863 Ishmael H3458 might live H2421 before H6440 thee!
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19. God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
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19. And God H430 said H559 , Sarah H8283 thy wife H802 shall bear H3205 thee a son H1121 indeed H61 ; and thou shalt call H7121 H853 his name H8034 Isaac H3327 : and I will establish H6965 H853 my covenant H1285 with H854 him for an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 , and with his seed H2233 after H310 him.
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20. As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
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20. And as for Ishmael H3458 , I have heard H8085 thee: Behold H2009 , I have blessed H1288 him , and will make him fruitful H6509 H853 , and will multiply H7235 him exceedingly H3966 H3966 ; twelve H8147 H6240 princes H5387 shall he beget H3205 , and I will make H5414 him a great H1419 nation H1471 .
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21. But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
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21. But my covenant H1285 will I establish H6965 with H854 Isaac H3327 , which H834 Sarah H8283 shall bear H3205 unto thee at this H2088 set time H4150 in the next H312 year H8141 .
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22. When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
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22. And he left off H3615 talking H1696 with H854 him , and God H430 went up H5927 from H4480 H5921 Abraham H85 .
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23. Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
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23. And Abraham H85 took H3947 H853 Ishmael H3458 his son H1121 , and all H3605 that were born H3211 in his house H1004 , and all H3605 that were bought H4736 with his money H3701 , every H3605 male H2145 among the men H376 of Abraham H85 's house H1004 ; and circumcised H4135 H853 the flesh H1320 of their foreskin H6190 in the selfsame H6106 H2088 day H3117 , as H834 God H430 had said H1696 unto H854 him.
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24. Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
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24. And Abraham H85 was ninety H8673 years H8141 old H1121 and nine H8672 , when he was circumcised H4135 in the flesh H1320 of his foreskin H6190 .
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25. his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.
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25. And Ishmael H3458 his son H1121 was thirteen H7969 H6240 years H8141 old H1121 , when he was circumcised H4135 H853 in the flesh H1320 of his foreskin H6190 .
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26. Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.
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26. In the selfsame H6106 H2088 day H3117 was Abraham H85 circumcised H4135 , and Ishmael H3458 his son H1121 .
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27. All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
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27. And all H3605 the men H376 of his house H1004 , born H3211 in the house H1004 , and bought H4736 with money H3701 of H4480 H854 the stranger H1121 H5236 , were circumcised H4135 with H854 him.
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