Genesis 17

Question 1

Genesis 17:1

Answer 1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty ; walk before me and be blameless.

Question 2

Genesis 17:2

Answer 2

I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”

Question 3

Genesis 17:3

Answer 3

Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Question 4

Genesis 17:4

Answer 4

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

Question 5

Genesis 17:5

Answer 5

No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Question 6

Genesis 17:6

Answer 6

I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

Question 7

Genesis 17:7

Answer 7

I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Question 8

Genesis 17:8

Answer 8

The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”

Question 9

Genesis 17:9

Answer 9

Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

Question 10

Genesis 17:10

Answer 10

This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

Question 11

Genesis 17:11

Answer 11

You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Question 12

Genesis 17:12

Answer 12

For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner - those who are not your offspring.

Question 13

Genesis 17:13

Answer 13

Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.

Question 14

Genesis 17:14

Answer 14

Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Question 15

Genesis 17:15

Answer 15

God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

Question 16

Genesis 17:16

Answer 16

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

Question 17

Genesis 17:17

Answer 17

Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

Question 18

Genesis 17:18

Answer 18

And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”

Question 19

Genesis 17:19

Answer 19

Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Question 20

Genesis 17:20

Answer 20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Question 21

Genesis 17:21

Answer 21

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”

Question 22

Genesis 17:22

Answer 22

When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

Question 23

Genesis 17:23

Answer 23

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.

Question 24

Genesis 17:24

Answer 24

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Question 25

Genesis 17:25

Answer 25

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Question 26

Genesis 17:26

Answer 26

Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that same day.

Question 27

Genesis 17:27

Answer 27

And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.