1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless. 2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying, 4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you. 8 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you. 12 He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring. 13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah. 16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?" 18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. 23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised. 27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, 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.