Genesis 17:22 T 17
Ishmael, a
You shall name him
for the Lord has heard of your misery.
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
b all his brothers.”
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 c the One who sees me.” 14 That is why
the well was c alled Beer Lahai Roi d ; it is s till t here, between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the
son she had b
orne. 16 Abram was e
ighty-six years old when Hagar bore him
Ishmael.
The Covenant of Circumcision
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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and
said, “I am God Almighty e ; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you 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: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called
Abram f ; your name will be Abraham, g for I have made you a father of many
nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings
will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant
between me and you and your descendants after you for the genera t ions to
come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole
land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlast
ing possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be t heir 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 cov
enant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep:
Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumci
sion, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the
generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be
circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with mon
ey from a foreigner — those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in
your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My
covenant in your f lesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised
male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his peo
ple; he has broken my covenant.”
15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call
her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will b
less her and will surely give you a
son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of
peoples will come from her.”
17 Abraham fell facedown; he l aughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born
to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a c hild at the age of ninety?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael m
ight live under your blessing!”
19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will
call him Isaac. h I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting cov
enant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you:
I will surely b
less him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his
numbers. He will be the father of t welve rulers, and I will make him into a
great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will
bear to you by this time next year.” 22 When he had finished speaking with
Abraham, God went up from him.
a 11
Ishmael means God hears. b 12 Or live to the east / of c 13 Or seen the back of
Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me. e 1 Hebrew El-Shaddai
f 5 Abram means exalted father. g 5 Abraham probably means father of many.
h 19 Isaac means he laughs.
d 14