Genesis 17

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1And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 1

And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, I, the Almighty God, give unto thee a commandment that thou shalt walk uprightly before me and be perfect.
IV v. 1 (Inspired Version, 1867)

2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 2

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
IV v. 2 (Inspired Version, 1867)

3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 3

And it came to pass that Abram fell on his face and called upon the name of the Lord.
IV v. 3 (Inspired Version, 1867)

4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 4

But as for thee, behold, I will make my covenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
IV v. 8 (Inspired Version, 1867)

5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 5

And this covenant I make that thy children may be known among all nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be called Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
IV v. 9 (Inspired Version, 1867)

6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 6

And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come of thee and of thy seed.
IV v. 10 (Inspired Version, 1867)

7And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 7

And I will establish a covenant of circumcision with thee, and it shall be my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, that thou mayest know forever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old.
IV v. 11 (Inspired Version, 1867)

8And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 8

And I will give unto thee and thy seed after thee a land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
IV v. 13 (Inspired Version, 1867)

9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 9

And God said unto Abraham, Therefore, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.
IV v. 14 (Inspired Version, 1867)

10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 10

And this shall be my covenant which ye shall keep between me and thee and thy seed after thee: Every man-child among you shall be circumcised.
IV v. 15 (Inspired Version, 1867)

11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 12

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your generations—
IV v. 17 (Inspired Version, 1867)

13He 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.

14And 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.

15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 15

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah thou shalt call her name.
IV v. 21 (Inspired Version, 1867)

16And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 16

And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be blessed, the mother of nations; kings and people shall be of her.
IV v. 22 (Inspired Version, 1867)

17Then 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?

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 17

Then Abraham fell on his face, and rejoiced, and said in his heart, There shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old, and Sarah that is ninety years old shall bear.
IV v. 23 (Inspired Version, 1867)

18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 18

And Abraham said unto God, Oh, that Ishmael might live uprightly before thee!
IV v. 24 (Inspired Version, 1867)

19And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 19

And God said, Sarah, thy wife, shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him also, for an everlasting covenant with his seed after him.
IV v. 25 (Inspired Version, 1867)

20And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
IV v. 26 (Inspired Version, 1867)

21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 21

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
IV v. 28 (Inspired Version, 1867)

22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23And 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.

24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 24

And Abraham was ninety and nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
IV v. 31 (Inspired Version, 1867)

25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 25

And Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
IV v. 32 (Inspired Version, 1867)

26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 26

In the selfsame day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son; and all the men of his house, which were born in his house, and bought with money of strangers, were also circumcised with him.
IV v. 33 (Inspired Version, 1867)

27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Also cited in commentary

1 Nephi 13 — The Two Churches, the Plain and Precious, and the Gentile Vessel
- The great and abominable church
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 3 — Joseph of Egypt's Prophecy, the Choice Seer, and the Joining of the Two Records
- "His name shall be called after me"
2 Nephi 8 — Isaiah 51–52:2 — Look unto the Rock, the Cup of Trembling, Awake and Put on Strength
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 23 — Isaiah 13 — The Burden of Babylon, the Day of the Lord, the Sanctified Ones
- The cosmic Day of the Lord
3 Nephi 12 — In Me It Hath All Been Fulfilled — The Beatitudes and the Higher Law
- The higher law: from the act to the heart
Alma 23 — They Never Did Fall Away — Seven Cities Converted, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies Named, and the Exceptions
- The chapter's architecture
Alma 48 — If All Men Had Been Like unto Moroni — The Portrait of a Man of God in Power
- How the chapter is built
- Sorry to send them unprepared
Mosiah 1 — Benjamin's Father-Discourse — Language, Records, the Mysteries, and the Name That Shall Never Be Blotted Out
- The commission of Mosiah and the gathering
- Where this lands
Mosiah 5 — The Covenant Response — One Voice, No More Disposition to Evil, Spiritually Begotten Sons and Daughters, the Name in the Heart
- Where this lands
Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth
- The eight-day flight and the founding of Helam
2 Kings 23 — The Book That Remade a King — Josiah's Covenant at the Pillar, the Fire Through Every High Place, the Passover No Generation Had Seen, and the Chariot That Came Home from Megiddo
- The kings after
Genesis 4 — Two Brothers and One Altar — the First Offering Accepted and Refused, Sin Crouching at the Door, the Blood That Cries from the Ground, and the Seed Appointed Instead of Abel
- The mark and the land of Nod
Genesis 5 — The Book of the Generations of Adam — the Likeness Handed Down, the Drumbeat of the Dying, the One Who Walked and Was Not, and the Son Named for Comfort
- Enoch walked with God
Job 12 — No Doubt Ye Are the People — Job Answers His Friends, Points to the Beasts, and Sings the Terrible Wisdom of God
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The just man laughed to scorn
Psalms 19 — Two Books of One Author — The Heavens That Preach Without Words and the Law That Revives the Soul
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The sixfold perfect law
Psalms 26 — Judge Me, and Try My Reins — A Psalm of Integrity, the Washed Hands, and the Love of the House of the LORD
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The plea to be tried
Moses 2 — I, God, Created — the Restored Creation, the Only Begotten as Agent, and the Seven Days
- Day Four — the lights, demoted on purpose
Moses 8 — Sons of God, Daughters of Men, and the Grief Before the Flood — Methuselah, Noah, and the End of an Age
- Methuselah, and the line that had to survive

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Joseph Smith Translation

v. 1
And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, I, the Almighty God, give unto thee a commandment that thou shalt walk uprightly before me and be perfect.
v. 2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
v. 3
And it came to pass that Abram fell on his face and called upon the name of the Lord.
v. 4
But as for thee, behold, I will make my covenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
v. 5
And this covenant I make that thy children may be known among all nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be called Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
v. 6
And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come of thee and of thy seed.
v. 7
And I will establish a covenant of circumcision with thee, and it shall be my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, that thou mayest know forever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old.
v. 8
And I will give unto thee and thy seed after thee a land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
v. 9
And God said unto Abraham, Therefore, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.
v. 10
And this shall be my covenant which ye shall keep between me and thee and thy seed after thee: Every man-child among you shall be circumcised.
v. 12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your generations—
v. 15
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah thou shalt call her name.
v. 16
And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be blessed, the mother of nations; kings and people shall be of her.
v. 17
Then Abraham fell on his face, and rejoiced, and said in his heart, There shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old, and Sarah that is ninety years old shall bear.
v. 18
And Abraham said unto God, Oh, that Ishmael might live uprightly before thee!
v. 19
And God said, Sarah, thy wife, shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him also, for an everlasting covenant with his seed after him.
v. 20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
v. 21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
v. 24
And Abraham was ninety and nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
v. 25
And Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
v. 26
In the selfsame day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son; and all the men of his house, which were born in his house, and bought with money of strangers, were also circumcised with him.
insertion after v. 3
And God talked with him, saying, My people have gone astray from my precepts and have not kept mine ordinances, which I gave unto their fathers; And they have not observed mine anointing, and the burial, or baptism wherewith I commanded them, But have turned from the commandment, and taken unto themselves the washing of children, and the blood of sprinkling, And have said that the blood of the righteous Abel was shed for sins, and have not known wherein they are accountable before me.
insertion after v. 7
And thou shalt observe to keep all my covenants wherein I covenanted with thy fathers; and thou shalt keep the commandments which I have given thee with mine own mouth, and I will be a God unto thee and thy seed after thee.
insertion after v. 12
He that is born in the house or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
insertion after v. 20
Twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.