1 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ أبْرامُ التّاسِعَةَ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، ظَهَرَ لَهُ اللهُ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «أنا اللهُ الجَبّارُ. أطِعْنِي وَعِشْ حَياةً خالِيَةً مِنْ كُلِّ شائِبَةٍ.

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.

2 ف َإنْ فَعَلْتَ هَذا، سَأقْطَعُ عَهْداً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ. وَسَأُعطِيكَ نَسلاً كَثِيراً جِدّاً.»

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 ف َسَجَدَ أبْرامُ. فَقالَ لَهُ اللهُ:

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 « أمّا أنا، فَهَذا هُوَ عَهْدِي مَعَكَ: سَتَكُونُ أصلَ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 و َلَنْ يَكُونَ اسْمُكَ فِيما بَعْدُ أبْرامَ، بَلْ إبْراهِيمَ. فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ أباً لِشُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 س َأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكَ، حَتِّى إنِّي سَأجْعَلُ شُعُوباً كَثِيرَةً تَخرُجُ مِنْكَ. وَسَيَخرُجُ مِنْكَ مُلُوكٌ.

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 و َسَأقْطَعُ عَهْداً أبَدِيّاً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ وَبَينَ نَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ عَلَى مَدَى الأجْيالِ. فَأنا أتَعَهَّدُ بِأنْ أكُونَ إلَهاً لَكَ وَلِنَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 و َسَأُعْطِيكَ وَنَسلَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي تَتَغَرَّبُ فِيها الآنَ، أرْضَ كَنْعانَ كُلَّها. سَأُعْطِيها لَكَ وَلَهُمْ مَقْتَنَىً أبَدِيّاً. وَسَأكُونُ لَهُمْ إلَهاً.»

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ: «أمّا أنْتَ فاحفَظْ عَهْدِي، أنْتَ وَكُلُّ نَسلِكَ عَلَى مَدَى الأجْيالِ.

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

10 و َهَذا هُوَ عَهْدِي الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَحفَظُوهُ. هَذا هُوَ العَهْدُ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ وَبَينَ نَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ: عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ بَينَكُمْ أنْ يُختَنَ.

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

11 ا ختِنُوا لَحْمَ غُرلَتِكُمْ. هَذِهِ هِيَ العَلامَةُ الَّتِي تَقْبَلُونَها لِلعَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَكُمْ.

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 ع َلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ ابْنِ ثَمانِيَةِ أيّامٍ أنْ يُخْتَتَنَ عَلَى مَدَى أجْيالِكُمْ. كَما يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُخْتَتَنَ الخَدَمُ الَّذِينَ يُولَدُونَ فِي بَيتِكَ. كَذَلِكَ لِيُخْتَتَنْ كُلُّ مَنِ اشْتَرَيتُمُوهُ بِالمالِ عَبْداً مِنْ أيِّ أجْنَبِيٍّ، حَتَّى وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ نَسلِكَ.

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

13 ف َلْيُخْتَتَنْ حَتَّى العَبْدُ المَولُودُ فِي بَيتِكَ أوِ العَبْدُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَيتَهُ بِمالِكَ. وَهَكَذا يَحْمِلُ جَسَدُكَ عَلامَةَ عَهْدِيَ الأبَدِيِّ.

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 أ مّا الَّذِي يَرْفُضُ أنْ يَخْتِنَ غُرلَتَهُ، فَسَيُقْطَعُ مِنْ شَعبِهِ. فَهَذا قَدْ كَسَرَ عَهْدِي.» إسْحاقُ: ابْنُ الوَعْد

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.

15 و َقالَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ: «وَأمّا زَوْجَتُكَ سارايُ، فَلَنْ تُدْعَى سارايُ فِيما بَعْدُ، إذْ سَيَكُونُ اسْمُها سارَةَ.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 و َأنا سَأُبارِكُها. وَسَأُعِطِيكَ ابْناً مِنْها. وَسَأُبارِكُها، وَسَتُصْبِحُ أُمّاً لِشُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَسَيَخرُجُ مُلُوكٌ مِنْها.»

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.

17 ف أنْكَبَّ إبْراهِيمُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَضَحِكَ، وَقالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «أيُولَدُ ابْنٌ لِرَجُلٍ فِي المِئَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ؟ أمْ يُمْكِنُ لِسارَةَ ذاتِ التِّسْعِينَ سَنَةً أنْ تُنْجِبَ؟»

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?

18 ث ُمَّ قالَ إبْراهِيمُ للهِ: «أرْجُو أنْ تُنْعِمَ عَلَى إسْماعِيلَ بِرِضاكَ.»

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 ف َقالَ اللهُ: «لا بَلْ سارَةُ سَتُنْجِبُ لَكَ وَلَداً، وَأنْتَ سَتُسَمِّيهِ إسْحاقَ. وَسَأحفَظُ عَهْدِي مَعَهُ وَمَعَ نَسلِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَهْداً أبَدِيّاً.

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.

20 « أمّا دُعاؤكَ مِنْ أجلِ إسْماعِيلَ، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ. فَسَأُبارِكُهُ، وَسَأُعْطِيهِ أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ. وَسَيَكُونُ أباً لاثْنَي عَشَرَ رَئِيساً. وَسَأجْعَلُهُ شَعباً عَظِيماً.

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.

21 أ مّا عَهْدِي فَسَأقْطَعُهُ مَعَ إسْحاقَ الَّذِي سَتُنْجِبُهُ سارَةُ لَكَ فِي مِثلِ هَذا الوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ القادِمَةِ.»

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

22 و َبَعْدَ أنْ أنْهَى اللهُ كَلامَهُ مَعَ إبْراهِيمَ، اختَفَى عَنْ نَظَرِهِ.

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 ث ُمَّ أخَذَ إبْراهِيمُ ابْنَهُ إسْماعِيلَ وَكُلَّ العَبِيدِ المَولُودِينَ فِي بَيتِهِ وَالَّذِينَ اشْتَراهُمْ بِمالِهِ – أخَذَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِي بَيتِهِ، وَخَتَنَهُمْ جَميعاً فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ، كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

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.

24 و َكانَ إبْراهِيمُ فِي التّاسِعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما خُتِنَ فِي لَحْمِ غُرلَتِهِ.

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 و َكانَ ابْنُهُ إسْماعِيلُ فِي الثّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما خُتِنَ فِي لَحمِ غُرلَتِهِ.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ خُتِنَ إبْراهِيمُ وَابْنُهُ إسْماعِيلُ.

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27 و َخُتِنَ مَعَهُ جَميعُ الذُّكُورِ الَّذِينَ فِي بَيتِهِ، سَواءٌ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا عَبِيداً فِي بَيتِهِ، أمِ الَّذِينَ اشْتَراهُمْ بِمالٍ مِنْ أجنَبِيٍّ.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.