## Genesis Chapter 17

###### Genesis 17:1
[Genesis 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:1)

וַיְהִ֣י אַבְרָ֔ם בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְתֵ֣שַׁע שָׁנִ֑ים וַיֵּרָ֨א יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ אֲנִי־אֵ֣ל שַׁדַּ֔י הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ לְפָנַ֖י וֶהְיֵ֥ה תָמִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When Avram was ninety-nine years old, Adonoy appeared [*became revealed*] to Avram and said to him: I am Almighty Shaddai, walk [*worship*] before Me and be perfect.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Avram was ninety nine years old, the Lord appeared to Avram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be perfect.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram was ninety-nine years old, and the L-rd appeared to Avram and He said to him: I am the All-Sufficient G-d. [Therefore,] walk before Me [i.e., worship Me] and be whole [in the trials I shall set for you, and I shall be your Patron].


###### Genesis 17:2
[Genesis 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:2)

וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה אוֹתְךָ֖ בִּמְאֹ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will give My covenant between Me [*My Word*] and you, and I will multiply you[r descendants] exceedingly.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall set My covenant [of love and of inheritance of the land (through the mitzvah of circumcision)] between Me and you, and I will increase you exceedingly.


###### Genesis 17:3
[Genesis 17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:3)

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל אַבְרָ֖ם עַל־פָּנָ֑יו וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֛וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram fell on his face. Elohim spoke with him, saying:

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram fell upon his face [in awe, lacking the power to stand in the presence of the Shechinah while yet uncircumcised]. And the L-rd spoke to him, saying:


###### Genesis 17:4
[Genesis 17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:4)

אֲנִ֕י הִנֵּ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְהָיִ֕יתָ לְאַ֖ב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
As for Me, here is My covenant with you; you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.


###### Genesis 17:5
[Genesis 17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:5)

וְלֹא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ֖ אַבְרָ֑ם וְהָיָ֤ה שִׁמְךָ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֛י אַב־הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
No longer shall your name be called Avram, but your name shall be Avraham, for the father of a multitude of nations I have appointed you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Neither shall thy name any more be called Avram, but thy name shall be Avraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And your name will no longer be called Avram, but your name will be Avraham, for a father of a multitude (av hamon) of nations have I made you [("Av (ra) ham," acronymically = av hamon)]


###### Genesis 17:6
[Genesis 17:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:6)

וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י אֹֽתְךָ֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְגוֹיִ֑ם וּמְלָכִ֖ים מִמְּךָ֥ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make you into nations [*assemblies*]; and kings [*who rule over nations*] will descend from you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall multiply you exceedingly, and I shall make of you nations [Israel and Edom, (Ishmael already having been born)], and kings will go forth from you.


###### Genesis 17:7
[Genesis 17:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:7)

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ֧ אַחֲרֶ֛יךָ לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם לִבְרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֑ם לִהְי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will sustain My covenant between Me [*My Word*] and you, and between your descendants after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, to be a God to you, and to your descendants after you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And 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 to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, [My covenant being] to be a G-d unto you and unto your seed after you.


###### Genesis 17:8
[Genesis 17:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:8)

וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ֠ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת**׀** אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כׇּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your temporary residence, all the land of Canaan as an eternal possession, and I will be a God to them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou dost sojourn, all the land of Kena῾an, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I will give unto you and unto your seed after you the land of your sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, as an eternal holding, and [there] I will be a G-d unto them [(but if one lives elsewhere, it is "as if he has no G-d")].


###### Genesis 17:9
[Genesis 17:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:9)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָ לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Elohim said to Avraham: And as for you, you must preserve My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And God said to Avraham, Thou shalt keep My covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And G-d said to Abraham: And, [as for] you, My covenant shall you keep, you and your seed after you throughout your generations.


###### Genesis 17:10
[Genesis 17:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:10)

זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כׇּל־זָכָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
This is My covenant which you must preserve between Me [*My Word*] and you, and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee; Every manchild among you shall be circumcised.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And what constitutes its "keeping"?] This is My covenant which you shall keep between Me and you [those living now] and your seed after you, [those yet to be born] — that all of your males be circumcised.


###### Genesis 17:11
[Genesis 17:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:11)

וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֣ר עׇרְלַתְכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin. This shall be the sign of the covenant between Me [*My Word*] and you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between Me and you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between Me and you.


###### Genesis 17:12
[Genesis 17:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:12)

וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כׇּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
At the age of eight days every male among you must be circumcised, throughout your generations; he that is a house-born [slave] or one that was bought with money from any stranger who is not your descendant.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, who is not of thy seed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And at eight days old, every male of yours throughout your generations shall be circumcised, (whether) born at home [of your maidservant] or bought for money [after he was born] of any stranger who is not of your seed.


###### Genesis 17:13
[Genesis 17:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:13)

הִמּ֧וֹל׀יִמּ֛וֹל יְלִ֥יד בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ וּמִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ וְהָיְתָ֧ה בְרִיתִ֛י בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם לִבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Your house-born slaves must be circumcised, and also those bought with your money. This shall be My covenant in your flesh as an eternal covenant.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Circumcised, he shall be circumcised, [in any event, even (in certain cases) after eight days], one born in your house and one bought for your money, and My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.


###### Genesis 17:14
[Genesis 17:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:14)

וְעָרֵ֣ל**׀** זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עׇרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
An uncircumcised male, who will not circumcise his foreskin, that soul [*man*] shall be cut off from its people; he has broken [*changed*] My covenant.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the uncircumcised manchild the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And an uncircumcised male [(the locus of circumcision being the "maleness" locus)], who does not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin [upon reaching the age of liability] — that soul shall be cut off from its people, [going childless and dying before his time. (But if his father is remiss in circumcising him, he is in transgression of a positive commandment, but does not incur "cutting off")]; My covenant has he broken.


###### Genesis 17:15
[Genesis 17:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:15)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם שָׂרַ֣י אִשְׁתְּךָ֔ לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ שָׂרָ֑י כִּ֥י שָׂרָ֖ה שְׁמָֽהּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And Elohim said to Avraham [As for] Sarai your wife, do not call her by the name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And God said to Avraham, As for Saray thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Saray, but Sara shall her name be.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And G-d said to Abraham: Sarai your wife — you shall not call her name Sarai ["my mistress"]; but her name is Sarah ["mistress (over all)"].


###### Genesis 17:16
[Genesis 17:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:16)

וּבֵרַכְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔הּ וְגַ֨ם נָתַ֧תִּי מִמֶּ֛נָּה לְךָ֖ בֵּ֑ן וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יהָ֙ וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה לְגוֹיִ֔ם מַלְכֵ֥י עַמִּ֖ים מִמֶּ֥נָּה יִהְיֽוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will bless her, and I will also give you a son through her. I will bless her, and she will be [a mother] of nations [*assemblies*], kings of peoples [*who rule over nations*] will descend from her.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: and I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall issue from her.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall bless her, [rejuvenating her (18:12)], and I shall also give from her to you a son, and I shall bless her [with nursing breasts], and nations will issue from her; kings of peoples will come from her.


###### Genesis 17:17
[Genesis 17:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:17)

וַיִּפֹּ֧ל אַבְרָהָ֛ם עַל־פָּנָ֖יו וַיִּצְחָ֑ק וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בְּלִבּ֗וֹ הַלְּבֶ֤ן מֵאָֽה־שָׁנָה֙ יִוָּלֵ֔ד וְאִ֨ם־שָׂרָ֔ה הֲבַת־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה תֵּלֵֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham fell on his face and laughed [*rejoiced*]. He said in his heart: Can a hundred year old man have children? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old give birth?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Avraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara, that is ninety years old, give birth?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham fell upon his face and he rejoiced. And he said in his heart: Would [anyone think that] a man of a hundred [would] beget! or that Sarah, a woman of ninety, would bear!


###### Genesis 17:18
[Genesis 17:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:18)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And Avraham said to [*before*] Elohim: May it be granted that Yishmael live before You.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham said to God, O that Yishma᾽el might live before thee!

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham said to G-d: Would that Ishmael lived before You [i.e., worshipping You]!


###### Genesis 17:19
[Genesis 17:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:19)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲבָל֙ שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֗ יֹלֶ֤דֶת לְךָ֙ בֵּ֔ן וְקָרָ֥אתָ אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יִצְחָ֑ק וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֥י אִתּ֛וֹ לִבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם לְזַרְע֥וֹ אַחֲרָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Elohim said: Indeed, your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Yitzchok. I will establish My covenant with him as an eternal covenant to his descendants after him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And God said, Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Yiżĥaq: and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And G-d said: In truth, Sarah your wife shall bear a son unto you, and you shall call his name Yitzchak ["He shall laugh"], and I shall establish My covenant [of circumcision] with him, [and not with the sons of Ishmael and Keturah], an everlasting covenant, for his seed after him.


###### Genesis 17:20
[Genesis 17:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:20)

וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֮ שְׁמַעְתִּ֒יךָ֒ הִנֵּ֣ה**׀** בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי אֹת֗וֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י אֹת֛וֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י אֹת֖וֹ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נְשִׂיאִם֙ יוֹלִ֔יד וּנְתַתִּ֖יו לְג֥וֹי גָּדֽוֹל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And as for Yishmael, I have heard you [*I have accepted your prayer*]. I have blessed him, and I will make him fruitful, and will increase him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as for Yishma᾽el 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him and have made him fruitful, and have multiplied him exceedingly. Twelve princes (nesi'im) [also construable as "clouds" (which will vanish)] will he beget, and I shall make him a great nation.


###### Genesis 17:21
[Genesis 17:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:21)

וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אָקִ֣ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁר֩ תֵּלֵ֨ד לְךָ֤ שָׂרָה֙ לַמּוֹעֵ֣ד הַזֶּ֔ה בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הָאַחֶֽרֶת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
But I will establish My covenant with Yitzchok, who Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But my covenant will I establish with Yiżĥaq, whom Sara shall bear to thee at this time next year.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And My covenant shall I establish with Isaac [(Isaac was "holy", i.e., circumcised, from birth)], whom Sarah will bear unto you at this time in the following year.


###### Genesis 17:22
[Genesis 17:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:22)

וַיְכַ֖ל לְדַבֵּ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֣עַל אֱלֹהִ֔ים מֵעַ֖ל אַבְרָהָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And when He finished speaking with him, [*the Glory of*] Elohim ascended from Avraham.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And He finished talking with him, and God went up from Avraham.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He finished speaking with him, and G-d went up from Abraham, [(the righteous being the "chariot" of the L-rd)].


###### Genesis 17:23
[Genesis 17:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:23)

וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בְּנ֗וֹ וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־יְלִידֵ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־מִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפּ֔וֹ כׇּל־זָכָ֕ר בְּאַנְשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֣ית אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיָּ֜מׇל אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עׇרְלָתָ֗ם בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham took his son, Yishmael, and all those that were born in his household, and all that he had bought with his money, every male member of Avraham’s household, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day as Elohim had said to him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham took Yishma᾽el his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Avraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said to him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all that were born in his house and all that were bought with his money, every male of the men of Abraham's household, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin. On this very same day, [in the daytime and not at night, (not fearing heathens or mockers, and (also) so that his foes and his contemporaries not say: Had we seen him, we would not have permitted him to do G-d's bidding)], as G-d had spoken to him.


###### Genesis 17:24
[Genesis 17:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:24)

וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע שָׁנָ֑ה בְּהִמֹּל֖וֹ בְּשַׂ֥ר עׇרְלָתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham was ninety nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.


###### Genesis 17:25
[Genesis 17:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:25)

וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בְּנ֔וֹ בֶּן־שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה בְּהִ֨מֹּל֔וֹ אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֥ר עׇרְלָתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And his son Yishmael was thirteen years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yishma᾽el his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.


###### Genesis 17:26
[Genesis 17:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:26)

בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה נִמּ֖וֹל אַבְרָהָ֑ם וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל בְּנֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
On that very day Avraham and his son Yishmael were circumcised.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the selfsame day was Avraham circumcised, and Yishma᾽el his son.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
On this very same day, [when Abraham had completed his ninety-ninth year, and Ishmael, his thirteenth,] Abraham and Ishmael his son were circumcised.


###### Genesis 17:27
[Genesis 17:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/17:27)

וְכׇל־אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֖סֶף מֵאֵ֣ת בֶּן־נֵכָ֑ר נִמֹּ֖לוּ אִתּֽוֹ׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
All the men of his household, those born in his household, and bought with money from a stranger, were circumcised with him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of a stranger, were circumcised with him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a stranger, were circumcised with him.