Genesis - Chapter 17
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and
nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him: 'I am God Almighty;
walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted. 2 And I will make My covenant
between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.' 3 And Abram
fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying: 4 'As for Me, behold,
My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude
of nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy
name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I
made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish
My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to
thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession; and I will be their God.' 9 And God said unto Abraham: 'And
as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee
throughout their generations. 10 This is My covenant, which ye shall keep,
between Me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall
be circumcised. 11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin;
and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you. 12 And he that
is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout
your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of
any foreigner, that is not of thy seed. 13 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. 14 And the
uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin,
that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.'
Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures,
© 1985, The Jewish Publication Society with the permission of the
publisher, The Jewish Publication Society