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Ch. XVII. she, I saw plainly him who appeared to me; for this cause she called the well, The well before which I saw. Lo! it is between Kades and Barad. And Agar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son whom Agar bore to him Ismael.

Now Abram was eighty six years old when Agar bore Ismael to Abram. And when Abram was ninety nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am thy God. Be well pleasing in my sight, and be blameless and I will establish that covenant of mine between me and thee and multiply thee exceedingly." Whereupon Abram fell on his face, and God spake to him saying, "On my part lo! this is my covenant with thee, Thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations, and hty name shall no more be called Abram but thy name shall be Abraham; because I have made thee the father of many nations: And I will increase thee exceedingly, and cause thee to become nations; and kings shall spring from thee: And I will establish this my covenant with thee and thy seed after thee, throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee. And I will give thee and thy seed after thee this land in which thou sojournest; and even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God." Moreover God said to Abraham, "On thy part thou shalt keep this my covenant; thou and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. And this is the covenant which thou shalt keep between me and you, even thy seed after thee throughout their generations, Every male of you shall be circumcised. Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and you. And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised among you. Every male throughout your generations, including the home born servant, and him who is bought with money from any stranger, not of thy seed. Thy home born servant and he who is bought shall surely be circumcised. And this my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And with regard to the uncircumcised male, the flesh of whose foreskin shall not be circumcised on the eight day, that soul shall be cut off from its family, because it hath broken my covenant." Moreover God said to Abraham, "Sara thy wife shall not be called Sara. Her name shall be Sarah. And I will bless her and give thee a son by her. And I will bless him. And he shall