Genesis 17

1 Postquam vero nonaginta et novem annorum esse coeperat, apparuit ei Dominus: dixitque ad eum: Ego Deus omnipotens: ambula coram me, et esto perfectus.

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;

2 Ponamque foedus meum inter me et te, et multiplicabo te vehementer nimis.

and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

3 Cecidit Abram pronus in faciem.

And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

4 Dixitque ei Deus: Ego sum, et pactum meum tecum, erisque pater multarum gentium.

'I — lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

5 Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram: sed appellaberis Abraham: quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.

and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

6 Faciamque te crescere vehementissime, et ponam te in gentibus, regesque ex te egredientur.

and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

7 Et statuam pactum meum inter me et te, et inter semen tuum post te in generationibus suis foedere sempiterno: ut sim Deus tuus, et seminis tui post te.

'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;

8 Daboque tibi et semini tuo terram peregrinationis tuae, omnem terram Chanaan in possessionem aeternam, eroque Deus eorum.

and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

9 Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham: Et tu ergo custodies pactum meum, et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.

And God saith unto Abraham, 'And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

10 Hoc est pactum meum quod observabitis inter me et vos, et semen tuum post te: Circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum:

this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised;

11 et circumcidetis carnem praeputii vestri, ut sit in signum foederis inter me et vos.

and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

12 Infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis, omne masculinum in generationibus vestris: tam vernaculus, quam emptitius circumcidetur, et quicumque non fuerit de stirpe vestra:

'And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;

13 eritque pactum meum in carne vestra in foedus aeternum.

he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;

14 Masculus, cuius praeputii caro circumcisa non fuerit, delebitur anima illa de populo suo: quia pactum meum irritum fecit.

and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.'

15 Dixit quoque Deus ad Abraham: Sarai uxorem tuam non vocabis Sarai, sed Saram.

And God saith unto Abraham, 'Sarai thy wife — thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;

16 Et benedicam ei, et ex illa dabo tibi filium cui benedicturus sum, eritque in nationes, et reges populorum orientur ex eo.

and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations — kings of peoples are from her.'

17 Cecidit Abraham in faciem suam, et risit, dicens in corde suo: Putasne centenario nascetur filius? et Sara nonagenaria pariet?

And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah — daughter of ninety years — bear?'

18 Dixitque ad Deum: Utinam Ismael vivat coram te.

And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

19 Et ait Deus ad Abraham: Sara uxor tua pariet tibi filium, vocabisque nomen eius Isaac, et constituam pactum meum illi in foedus sempiternum, et semini eius post eum.

and God saith, 'Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

20 Super Ismael quoque exaudivi te. ecce, benedicam ei, et augebo, et multiplicabo eum valde: duodecim duces generabit, et faciam illum in gentem magnam.

As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

21 Pactum vero meum statuam ad Isaac, quem pariet tibi Sara tempore isto in anno altero.

and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'

22 Cumque finitus esset sermo loquentis cum eo, ascendit Deus ad Abraham.

and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.

23 Tulit autem Abraham Ismael filium suum, et omnes vernaculos domus suae, universosque quos emerat, cunctos mares ex omnibus viris domus suae: et circumcidit carnem praeputii eorum statim in ipsa die, sicut praeceperat ei Deus.

And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money — every male among the men of Abraham's house — and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.

24 Abraham nonaginta et novem erat annorum quando circumcidit carnem praeputii sui.

And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

25 Et Ismael filius suus tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suae.

and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

26 Eadem die circumcisus est Abraham et Ismael filius eius.

in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

27 Et omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi, quam emptitii et alienigenae pariter circumcisi sunt.

and all the men of his house — born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger — have been circumcised with him.