Genesis 17:1-27 talk about how God change Abram name to Abraham, promise many descendants, and establish covenant with circumcision as di sign.
1. When Abram don reach 99 years, God appear to am and talk, “I be Almighty God. Walk before me and do things wey go please me.
2. I go make covenant with you, and I go multiply your descendants well well.”
3. Abram kneel down for ground, and God talk to am,
4. “This na my covenant with you: You go be father of many nations.
5. Your name no go be Abram again. From now on, your name go be Abraham, because I don make you father of many nations.
6. I go make you plenty well well. Nations and kings go come from your descendants.
7. I go keep my covenant with you and your descendants forever. I go be your God and di God of your descendants.
8. I go give you and your descendants di land of Canaan, where you dey stay now, as your permanent possession. I go be their God.”
9. Then God talk to Abraham, “You must keep dis covenant, you and your descendants, from generation to generation.
10. Every male among you must do circumcision as sign of di covenant.
11. Cut di skin of your male organ; na dis go be di sign between me and you.
12. Every male child wey dem born among you must do am when dem reach 8 days old. Dis one go include di slaves wey you buy and di ones wey be part of your family.
13. Everybody must do di circumcision. Na dis go show say my covenant na everlasting covenant.
14. Anybody wey no do di circumcision go cut off from my people because dem no keep my covenant.”
15. Then God talk to Abraham about Sarai, “Your wife name no go be Sarai again; her name go be Sarah.
16. I go bless her and give her pikin. She go be mother of nations, and kings go come from her descendants.”
17. Abraham bow down, laugh, and talk for him mind, “How man wey be 100 years go born pikin? How Sarah, wey be 90 years old, go born?”
18. Abraham tell God, “Make Ishmael live under your blessing.”
19. God reply, “No, but Sarah go born pikin for you, and you go call am Isaac. I go establish my covenant with am and him descendants forever.
20. As for Ishmael, I don hear your prayer. I go bless am, make am fruitful, and increase him descendants well well. Twelve princes go come from am, and I go make am great nation.
21. But my covenant go dey with Isaac, di pikin wey Sarah go born for you by dis time next year.”
22. When God finish talk, He comot from Abraham.
23. That same day, Abraham take Ishmael, all di men for him house, both di ones wey dem born and di ones wey dem buy, and circumcise dem, just as God tell am.
24. Abraham dey 99 years old when dem circumcise am.
25. Ishmael, him pikin, dey 13 years old when dem circumcise am.
26. That same day, Abraham and Ishmael do di circumcision.
27. All di men for Abraham house, both freeborn and slaves, follow do di circumcision.
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