Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 17

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When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him. He said to Abram, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence with integrity.

So your name will no longer be Abram [Exalted Father], but Abraham [Father of Many] because I have made you a father of many nations.

I will make my promise to you and your descendants for generations to come as an everlasting promise. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.

“My promise is still with you. You will become the father of many nations.

God replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will give you a son, and you will name him Isaac [He Laughs]. I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.

I am also giving this land where you are living—all of Canaan—to you and your descendants as your permanent possession. And I will be your God.”

Immediately, Abraham bowed with his face touching the ground. He laughed as he thought to himself, “Can a son be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, have a child?”

God said to Abraham, “Don’t call your wife by the name Sarai anymore. Instead, her name is Sarah [Princess].

All of you must be circumcised. That will be the sign of the promise from me to you.

But I will make my promise to Isaac. Sarah will give birth to him at this time next year.”

For generations to come every male child who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether he is born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner who’s not related to you. Every male born in your household or bought with your money is to be circumcised without exception. So my promise will be a sign on your flesh, an everlasting promise.