1And in those days, in the ninety-first year of the life of Abram, the

2And the children of Tubal dwelt in Tuscanah, and their boundaries reached

3And it was at that time the children of Chittim made war with the children

4And at that time the children of Tubal swore to the children of Chittim,

5For all the daughters of Tubal were in those days fair, for no women were

6And all who delighted in the beauty of women went to the daughters of Tubal

7And at the end of three years after the children of Tubal had sworn to the

8For the children of Tubal kept their oaths not to intermarry with them, and

9And in the days of harvest the children of Tubal went into their fields to

10And the children of Tubal heard of it and they went to make war with them,

11And at the revolution of the year the children of Tubal went and hired

12And the children of Tubal went to war with the children of Chittim, to

13And the children of Chittim said to them, Have you come to make war with

14And when the children of Tubal heard this they ceased to make war with the

15And they returned to their cities, and the children of Chittim at that

16And Abram the son of Terah was then ninety-nine years old.

17At that time the Lord appeared to him and he said to him, I will make my

18At eight days old shall it be circumcised, and this covenant shall be in

19And now therefore thy name shall no more be called Abram but Abraham, and

20For I will bless you both, and I will multiply your seed after you that

Chapter 17

The Lord Appears to Abram and Establishes the Covenant of