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And when Abram was ninety and nine years old , the LORD appeared to Abram , and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect .
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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
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And Abram fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying,
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations .
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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.
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And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful , and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall proceed from thee.
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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.
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And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God .
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And God said to Abraham , Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations .
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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every male-child among you shall be circumcised .
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token 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, who is not of thy seed .
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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.
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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 hath broken my covenant.
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And God said to Abraham , As for Sarai thy wife , thou shalt not call her name Sarai , but Sarah shall her name be.
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And I will bless her, and give thee a son also by her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people shall proceed from her.
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Then Abraham fell upon 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?
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And Abraham said to God , O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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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.
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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 .
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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac , whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set time in the next year.
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And he ceased talking with him, and God went up from Abraham .
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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 same day , as God had said to him.
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And Abraham was ninety and nine years old , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .
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And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .
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In the same day was Abraham circumcised , and Ishmael 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.