Chapter 17

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AND when Avram was ninety years old and nine, Yahuah appeared to El-Avram, and said unto him, I am El Shaddai; walk before me, and be perfect.

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And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

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And Avram fell on his face: and Elohiym talked with him, saying,

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As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

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Neither shall your name anymore be called Avram, but your name shall be Avraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

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And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

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And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohiym unto you, and to your seed after you.

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And I will give unto you, and to your seed after you, את the land wherein you are a stranger, את all the land of Kena`an, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their Elohiym.

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And Elohiym said unto El-Avraham, You shall guard my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations.

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This is my covenant, which ye shall guard, between me and you and your seed after you; Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

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And ye shall circumcise את the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant betwixt me and you.

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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.

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He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must need to be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

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And Elohiym said unto El-Avraham, As for Sarai your woman, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

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And I will bless her, and give you 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 Avraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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And Avraham said unto Elohiym, O that Yishma'el might live before you!

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And Elohiym said, Sarah your woman shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Yitschaq: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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And as for Yishma'el, I have heard you: 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 great nation.

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But my covenant will I establish with Yitschaq, which Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year.

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And he left off talking with him, and Elohiym went up from Avraham.

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And Avraham took Yishma'el his son, and את all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Avraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as Elohiym had said unto him.

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And Avraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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And Yishma'el his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised את in the flesh of his foreskin.

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In the selfsame day was Avraham circumcised, and Yishma'el 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.



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