1 And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I {am} the Almighty *God: walk before my face, and be perfect.2 And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.3 And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,4 It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.5 And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.6 And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.8 And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.9 And God said to Abraham, And {as for} thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.10 This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee-that every male among you be circumcised.11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and {that} shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.12 And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you-he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.13 He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.14 And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant.15 And God said to Abraham, {As to} Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.16 And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.17 And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall {a child} be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.20 And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.22 And he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money-every male among the people of Abraham's house-and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;27 and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

1 Toe Abram nege en negentig jaar oud was, het die HERE aan Abram verskyn en vir hom gesê: Ek is God, die Almagtige; wandel voor my aangesig, dan sal jy opreg wees.2 En Ek wil my verbond sluit tussen My en jou, en jou buitengewoon vermeerder.3 Toe val Abram op sy aangesig, en God het met hom gespreek en gesê:4 Wat My aangaan, kyk, my verbond is met jou, en jy sal die vader van 'n menigte van nasies word.5 Daarom sal hulle jou nie meer Abram noem nie, maar jou naam sal wees Abraham, want Ek maak jou 'n vader van 'n menigte van nasies.6 En Ek sal jou buitengewoon vrugbaar maak: Ek sal jou tot nasies maak, en konings sal uit jou voortkom.7 En Ek sal my verbond oprig tussen My en jou en jou nageslag n jou in hulle geslagte as 'n ewige verbond, om vir jou 'n God te wees en vir jou nageslag n jou.8 En Ek sal aan jou en jou nageslag n jou die land van jou vreemdelingskap gee, die hele land Kanaän, as 'n ewige besitting; en Ek sal vir hulle 'n God wees.9 Verder het God aan Abraham gesê: Maar jy moet my verbond hou, jy en jou nageslag n jou, van geslag tot geslag.10 Dit is my verbond wat julle moet hou tussen My en julle en jou nageslag n jou: Al wat manlik onder julle is, moet besny word --11 julle moet aan die vlees van julle voorhuid besny word, en dit sal 'n teken wees van die verbond tussen My en julle.12 'n Seuntjie van agt dae dan moet onder julle besny word, al wat manlik is in julle geslagte. Die wat in jou huis gebore is, en die wat van enige vreemdeling met geld gekoop is, wat nie van jou geslag is nie --13 die wat in jou huis gebore en wat met jou geld gekoop is, moet sekerlik besny word. So moet dan my verbond in julle vlees wees as 'n ewige verbond.14 En wat manlik is en die voorhuid het, wat nie aan die vlees van sy voorhuid besny is nie -- die siel moet uit sy volksgenote uitgeroei word: hy het my verbond verbreek.15 Verder het God aan Abraham gesê: Sarai, jou vrou, moet jy nie Sarai noem nie, maar haar naam sal Sara wees.16 En Ek sal haar seën en jou uit haar ook 'n seun gee; ja, Ek sal haar seën, sodat sy tot nasies sal word; konings van volke sal uit haar voortkom.17 Toe val Abraham op sy aangesig, en hy lag en sê in sy hart: Kan daar vir een wat honderd jaar oud is, 'n kind gebore word? Of kan Sara, wat negentig jaar oud is, baar?18 En Abraham sê aan God: Ag, mag Ismael lewe voor u aangesig!19 Toe antwoord God: Voorwaar, jou vrou Sara sal vir jou 'n seun baar, en jy moet hom Isak noem; en Ek sal my verbond met hom oprig as 'n ewige verbond vir sy nageslag n hom.20 Ook wat Ismael aangaan, het Ek jou verhoor. Kyk, Ek seën hom en maak hom vrugbaar en vermeerder hom buitengewoon. Twaalf vorste sal hy verwek, en Ek sal hom 'n groot nasie maak.21 Maar my verbond sal Ek oprig met Isak wat Sara vir jou anderjaar op hierdie tyd sal baar.22 En nadat Hy klaar met hom gespreek het, het God van Abraham af opgevaar.23 Daarop neem Abraham sy seun Ismael en almal wat in sy huis gebore is, en almal wat met sy geld gekoop is, almal wat manlik was onder die mense in die huis van Abraham, en hy het die vlees van hulle voorhuid nog op daardie selfde dag besny, soos God met hom gespreek het.24 En Abraham was nege en negentig jaar oud toe hy aan die vlees van sy voorhuid besny is.25 En sy seun Ismael was dertien jaar oud toe hy aan die vlees van sy voorhuid besny is.26 Op daardie selfde dag is Abraham en sy seun Ismael besny27 en al die manne van sy huis -- die wat in sy huis gebore en die wat van vreemdelinge met geld gekoop is, is saam met hom besny.