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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 17, Verse 15

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And 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.
King James Version
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].
American Standard Version
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
New English Translation
Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
World English Bible
God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
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And 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.
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Then 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?
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And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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And 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.
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And 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.
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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
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And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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And 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.
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And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.