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Genesis 17

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Bible Compare Genesis 17
Verse 1
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 2
WEB

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

KJV

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Verse 3
WEB

Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

KJV

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Verse 4
WEB

“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

KJV

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Verse 5
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 6
WEB

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

KJV

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Verse 7
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 8
WEB

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.”

KJV

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.

Verse 9
WEB

God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

KJV

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Verse 10
WEB

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

KJV

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.

Verse 11
WEB

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

KJV

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Verse 12
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 13
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 14
WEB

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.”

KJV

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.

Verse 15
WEB

God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

KJV

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be .

Verse 16
WEB

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.”

KJV

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.

Verse 17
WEB

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?”

KJV

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?

Verse 18
WEB

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

KJV

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Verse 19
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 20
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 21
WEB

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

KJV

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Verse 22
WEB

When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

KJV

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

Verse 23
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 24
WEB

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

KJV

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Verse 25
WEB

Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

KJV

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Verse 26
WEB

In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

KJV

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

Verse 27
WEB

All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

KJV

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.