Genesis 17:9 - Prayer Tents

Genesis 17

Abram Is Named Abraham

17When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am El-Shaddai—'God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.H87H8673H8141H8141H1121H8672H3068H7200H87H559H7706H410H1980H6440H85492I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants."H5414H1285H7235H3966H39663At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him,H87H5307H6440H430H1696H5594"This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!H589H1285H1H1995H14715What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham

, for you will be the father of many nations.H8034H7121H87H8034H85H1H1995H1471H54146I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!H6509H3966H3966H6509H5414H1471H4428H33187"I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants

after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.H6965H1285H2233H310H1755H5769H1285H430H2233H3108And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God."H5414H2233H310H776H4033H776H3667H5769H272H430

The Mark of the Covenant

9Then God said to Abraham, "Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.H430H559H85H8104H1285H2233H310H175510This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.H1285H8104H2233H310H2145H413511You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.H5243H1320H6190H226H128512From generation to generation, every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.H8083H3117H1121H4135H2145H1755H3211H1004H4736H3701H1121H5236H223313All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.H3211H1004H4736H3701H4135H4135H1285H1320H5769H128514Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant."H6189H2145H834H1320H6190H4135H5315H3772H5971H6565H1285

Sarai Is Named Sarah

15Then God said to Abraham, "Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah

.H430H559H85H8297H802H7121H8034H8297H3588H8283H803416And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants."H1288H5414H1121H1288H1471H4428H597117Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. "How could I become a father at the age of 100?" he thought. "And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?"H85H5307H6440H6711H559H3820H3205H3967H8141H1121H8283H8673H8141H1323H320518So Abraham said to God, "May Ishmael live under your special blessing!"H85H559H430H3863H3458H2421H644019But God replied, "No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac

, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.H430H559H8283H802H3205H1121H61H7121H8034H3327H6965H1285H5769H1285H2233H31020As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.H3458H8085H1288H6509H7235H3966H3966H6240H8147H5387H3205H5414H1419H147121But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year."H1285H6965H3327H8283H3205H4150H312H814122When God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.H3615H1696H430H5927H8523On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.H85H3947H3458H1121H3211H1004H4736H3701H2145H582H85H1004H4135H1320H6190H6106H3117H430H169624Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,H85H8673H8141H1121H8672H4135H1320H619025and Ishmael, his son, was thirteen.H3458H1121H6240H7969H8141H1121H4135H1320H619026Both Abraham and his son, Ishmael, were circumcised on that same day,H6106H3117H85H4135H3458H112127along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants. All were circumcised with him.H582H1004H3211H1004H4736H3701H1121H5236H4135