1 Mosebog 17

1 Da Abram var ni og halvfemsindstyve Aar gammel, aabenbarede HERREN sig for ham og sagde til ham: »Jeg er Gud den Almægtige; vandre for mit Aasyn og vær ustraffelig,

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.

2 saa vil jeg oprette min Pagt mellem mig og dig og give dig et overvættes stort Afkom!«

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

3 Da faldt Abram paa sit Ansigt, og Gud sagde til ham:

Abram fell flat on his face.

4 »Fra min Side er min Pagt med dig, at du skal blive Fader til en Mængde Folk;

And God said to him: I AM, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 derfor skal dit Navn ikke mere være Abram, men du skal hedde Abraham, thi jeg gør dig til Fader til en Mængde Folk.

Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

6 Jeg vil gøre dig overvættes frugtbar og lade dig blive til Folk, og Konger skal nedstamme fra dig.

And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 Jeg opretter min Pagt mellem mig og dig og dit Afkom efter dig fra Slægt til Slægt, og det skal være en evig Pagt, at jeg vil være din Gud og efter dig dit Afkoms Gud;

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 og jeg giver dig og dit Afkom efter dig din Udlændigheds Land, hele Kana'ans Land, til evigt Eje, og jeg vil være deres Gud!«

And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

9 Derpaa sagde Gud til Abraham: »Men du paa din Side skal holde min Pagt, du og dit Afkom efter dig fra Slægt til Slægt;

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

10 og dette er min Pagt, som I skal holde, Pagten mellem mig og eder, at alt af Mandkøn hos eder skal omskæres.

This is my covenant which you shall observe, between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male kind of you shall be circumcised:

11 I skal omskæres paa eders Forhud, det skal være et Pagtstegn mellem mig og eder;

And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.

12 otte Dage gamle skal alle af Mandkøn omskæres hos eder i alle kommende Slægter, baade de hjemmefødte Trælle og de, som er købt, alle fremmede, som ikke hører til dit Afkom;

An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock:

13 omskæres skal baade dine hjemmefødte og dine købte. Min Pagt paa eders Legeme skal være en evig Pagt!

And my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant.

14 Men de uomskaarne, det af Mandkøn, der ikke Ottendedagen omskæres paa Forhuden, de skal udryddes af deres Folk; de har brudt min Pagt!«

The male, whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

15 Endvidere sagde Gud til Abraham: »Din Hustru Saraj skal du ikke mere kalde Saraj, hendes Navn skal være Sara;

God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

16 jeg vil velsigne hende og give dig en Søn ogsaa ved hende; jeg vil velsigne hende, og hun skal blive til Folk, og Folkeslags Konger skal nedstamme fra hende!«

And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

17 Da faldt Abraham paa sit Ansigt og lo, idet han tænkte: »Kan en hundredaarig faa Børn, og kan Sara med sine halvfemsindstyve Aar føde en Søn?«

Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

18 Abraham sagde derfor til Gud: »Maatte dog Ismael leve for dit Aasyn!«

And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

19 Men Gud sagde: »Nej, din Ægtehustru Sara skal føde dig en Søn, som du skal kalde Isak; med ham vil jeg oprette min Pagt, og det skal være en evig Pagt, der skal gælde hans Afkom efter ham!

And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

20 Men hvad Ismael angaar, har jeg bønhørt dig: jeg vil velsigne ham og gøre ham frugtbar og give ham et overvættes talrigt Afkom; tolv Stammehøvdinger skal han avle, og jeg vil gøre ham til et stort Folk.

And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

21 Men min Pagt opretter jeg med Isak, som Sara skal føde dig om et Aar ved denne Tid.«

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.

22 Saa hørte han op at tale med ham; og Gud steg op fra Abraham.

And when he had left off speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 Da tog Abraham sin Søn Ismael og alle sine hjemmefødte og de købte, alt af Mandkøn i Abrahams Hus, og omskar selv samme Dag deres Forhud, saaledes som Gud havde paalagt ham.

And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were born in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house: and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him.

24 Abraham var ni og halvfemsindstyve Aar, da han blev omskaaret paa sin Forhud;

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

25 og hans Søn Ismael var tretten Aar, da han blev omskaaret paa sin Forhud.

And Ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision.

26 Selv samme Dag blev Abraham og hans Søn Ismael omskaaret;

The selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his son.

27 og alle Mænd i hans Hus, baade de hjemmefødte og de, der var købt, de fremmede, blev omskaaret tillige med ham.

And all the men of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as the bought servants and strangers were circumcised with him.