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Genesis 17:1

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

World English Bible
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Genesis 17:1 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
KJV King James Version
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
ASV American Standard Version
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And Abram is a son of ninety-nine years, and YHWH appears to Abram, and says to him, “I [am] God Almighty, habitually walk before Me, and be perfect;
FBV Free Bible Version
When Abram was 99, the Lord appeared to him and told him, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and don't do wrong.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;
DBY Darby Translation
And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.
WBT Webster’s Bible
And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

The Hebrew words

Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
וַיְהִ֣י way·hî was H1961 הָיָה to be
אַבְרָ֔ם ’aḇ·rām When Abram H87 אַבְרָם Abram
בֶּן־ ben- old H1121 בֵּן son: child
תִּשְׁעִ֥ים tiš·‘îm ninety-nine H8673 תִּשְׁעִים ninety
שָׁנָ֖ה šā·nāh — H8141 שָׁנָה year
וְתֵ֣שַׁע wə·ṯê·ša‘ — H8672 תֵּ֫שַׁע nine
שָׁנִ֑ים šā·nîm years H8141 שָׁנָה year
וַיֵּרָ֨א way·yê·rā appeared H7200 רָאָה to see: see
יְהוָ֜ה Yah·weh the LORD H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD
אֶל־ ’el- to H413 אֶל to(wards)
אַבְרָ֗ם ’aḇ·rām him H87 אַבְרָם Abram
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר way·yō·mer and said H559 אָמַר to say
אֵלָיו֙ ’ê·lāw — H413 אֶל to(wards)
אֲנִי־ ’ă·nî- I H589 אֲנִי I
אֵ֣ל ’êl am God H410 אֵל God
שַׁדַּ֔י šad·day Almighty H7706 שַׁדַּי Almighty
הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ hiṯ·hal·lêḵ Walk H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went
לְפָנַ֖י lə·p̄ā·nay before Me H6440 פָּנֶה face: before
וֶהְיֵ֥ה weh·yêh and be H1961 הָיָה to be
תָמִֽים׃ ṯā·mîm blameless H8549 תָּמִים unblemished
  • Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

  • Ephesians 3:20

    Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

  • Luke 1:6

    They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

  • Genesis 18:14

    Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Genesis 6:9

    This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

  • Psalm 116:9

    I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.

  • Matthew 5:48

    Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

  • Isaiah 38:3

    and said, “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

  • Deuteronomy 18:13

    You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

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Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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