1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding 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 unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 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 everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, 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; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old 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. 13 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 everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 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. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 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 great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set 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 that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, 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 the house, and 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 besny

27 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.