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50 | Genesis 16:12
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
a all his brothers. i ”
toward
13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for
she said, “I have now seen b the One who sees me.” j 14 That is why the well was c alled Beer
Lahai Roi c ; it is still t here, between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, k and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had
borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
The Covenant of Circumcision
17
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am
God Almighty d ; l walk before me faithfully and be blameless. m 2 Then I will make my
covenant between me and you n and will greatly increase your numbers.”
3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with
you: o You will be the father of many nations. p 5 No longer will you be called Abram e ;
your name will be Abraham, f q for I have made you a father of many nations. r 6 I will
make you very fruitful; s I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. t 7 I
will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your
descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God u and the God of your
descendants after you. v 8 The whole land of Canaan, w where you now reside as a for
eigner, x I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; y
and I will be their God.”
9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your
descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and
your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall
a 12 Or
16:12 i Ge 25:18
16:13 j Ge 32:30
16:15 k Gal 4:22
17:1 l Ge 28:3; Ex 6:3
m Dt 18:13
17:2 n Ge 15:18
17:4 o Ge 15:18 p ver 16;
Ge 12:2; 35:11; 48:19
17:5 q ver 15; Ne 9:7
r Ro 4:17*
17:6 s Ge 35:11 t Mt 1:6
17:7 u Ex 29:45, 46
v Ro 9:8; Gal 3:16
17:8 w Ps 105:9, 11
x Ge 23:4; 28:4; Ex 6:4
y Ge 12:7
live to the east / of b 13 Or seen the back of c 14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of th