¹Postquam vero nonaginta et novem annorum esse cœperat,In truth,apparuit ei Dominus,after he began to be ninety-nine years of age,dixitque ad eum:the Lord appeared to him.Ego Deus omnipotens:And he said to him:ambula coram me,“I am the Almighty God.et esto perfectus.Walk in my sight and become complete.

¹Postquam vero nonaginta et novem annorum esse cœperat,In truth,apparuit ei Dominus,after he began to be ninety-nine years of age,dixitque ad eum:the Lord appeared to him.Ego Deus omnipotens:And he said to him:ambula coram me,“I am the Almighty God.et esto perfectus.Walk in my sight and become complete.

²Ponamque fœdus meum inter me et te,And I will set my covenant between me and you.et multiplicabo te vehementer nimis.And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”

²Ponamque fœdus meum inter me et te,And I will set my covenant between me and you.et multiplicabo te vehementer nimis.And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”

³Cecidit Abram pronus in faciem.Abram fell prone on his face.

³Cecidit Abram pronus in faciem.Abram fell prone on his face.

⁴Dixitque ei Deus:And God said to him:Ego sum,“I AM,et pactum meum tecum,and my covenant is with you,erisque pater multarum gentium.and you will be the father of many nations.

⁴Dixitque ei Deus:And God said to him:Ego sum,“I AM,et pactum meum tecum,and my covenant is with you,erisque pater multarum gentium.and you will be the father of many nations.

⁵Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram,No longer will your name be called Abram.sed appellaberis Abraham:But you will be called Abraham,quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.for I have established you as the father of many nations.

⁵Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram,No longer will your name be called Abram.sed appellaberis Abraham:But you will be called Abraham,quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.for I have established you as the father of many nations.

⁶Faciamque te crescere vehementissime,And I will cause you to increase very greatly,et ponam te in gentibus,and I will set you among the nations,regesque ex te egredientur.and kings will come forth from you.

⁶Faciamque te crescere vehementissime,And I will cause you to increase very greatly,et ponam te in gentibus,and I will set you among the nations,regesque ex te egredientur.and kings will come forth from you.

⁷Et statuam pactum meum inter me et te,And I will establish my covenant between me and you,et inter semen tuum post te in generationibus suis,and with your offspring after you in their generations,fœdere sempiterno:by a perpetual covenant:ut sim Deus tuus, et seminis tui post te.to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

⁷Et statuam pactum meum inter me et te,And I will establish my covenant between me and you,et inter semen tuum post te in generationibus suis,and with your offspring after you in their generations,fœdere sempiterno:by a perpetual covenant:ut sim Deus tuus, et seminis tui post te.to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

⁸Daboque tibi et semini tuo terram peregrinationis tuæ,And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn,omnem terram Chanaan in possessionem æternam,all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession,eroque Deus eorum.and I will be their God.”

⁸Daboque tibi et semini tuo terram peregrinationis tuæ,And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn,omnem terram Chanaan in possessionem æternam,all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession,eroque Deus eorum.and I will be their God.”

⁹Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham:Again God said to Abraham:Et tu ergo custodies pactum meum,“And you therefore shall keep my covenant,et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.and your offspring after you in their generations.

⁹Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham:Again God said to Abraham:Et tu ergo custodies pactum meum,“And you therefore shall keep my covenant,et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.and your offspring after you in their generations.

¹⁰Hoc est pactum meum quod observabitis inter me et vos,This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you,et semen tuum post te:and your offspring after you:circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum:All the males among you shall be circumcised.

¹⁰Hoc est pactum meum quod observabitis inter me et vos,This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you,et semen tuum post te:and your offspring after you:circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum:All the males among you shall be circumcised.

¹¹et circumcidetis carnem præputii vestri,And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin,ut sit in signum fœderis inter me et vos.so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

¹¹et circumcidetis carnem præputii vestri,And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin,ut sit in signum fœderis inter me et vos.so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

¹²Infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis,An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you,omne masculinum in generationibus vestris:every male in your generations. So also servants born to you,tam vernaculus, quam emptitius circumcidetur,as well as those bought, shall be circumcised,et quicumque non fuerit de stirpe vestra:even those who are not of your stock.

¹²Infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis,An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you,omne masculinum in generationibus vestris:every male in your generations. So also servants born to you,tam vernaculus, quam emptitius circumcidetur,as well as those bought, shall be circumcised,et quicumque non fuerit de stirpe vestra:even those who are not of your stock.

¹³eritque pactum meum in carne vestra in fœdus æternum.And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.

¹³eritque pactum meum in carne vestra in fœdus æternum.And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.

¹⁴Masculus,The male,cujus præputii caro circumcisa non fuerit,the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised,delebitur anima illa de populo suo:that soul shall be eliminated from his people.quia pactum meum irritum fecit.For he has made my covenant void.”

¹⁴Masculus,The male,cujus præputii caro circumcisa non fuerit,the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised,delebitur anima illa de populo suo:that soul shall be eliminated from his people.quia pactum meum irritum fecit.For he has made my covenant void.”

¹⁵Dixit quoque Deus ad Abraham:God said also to Abraham:Sarai uxorem tuam non vocabis Sarai,“Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai,sed Saram.but Sarah.

¹⁵Dixit quoque Deus ad Abraham:God said also to Abraham:Sarai uxorem tuam non vocabis Sarai,“Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai,sed Saram.but Sarah.

¹⁶Et benedicam ei,And I will bless her,et ex illa dabo tibi filium cui benedicturus sum:and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless,eritque in nationes,and he will be among the nations,et reges populorum orientur ex eo.and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”

¹⁶Et benedicam ei,And I will bless her,et ex illa dabo tibi filium cui benedicturus sum:and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless,eritque in nationes,and he will be among the nations,et reges populorum orientur ex eo.and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”

¹⁷Cecidit Abraham in faciem suam,Abraham fell on his face,et risit,and he laughed,dicens in corde suo:saying in his heart:Putasne centenario nascetur filius?“Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man?et Sara nonagenaria pariet?And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

¹⁷Cecidit Abraham in faciem suam,Abraham fell on his face,et risit,and he laughed,dicens in corde suo:saying in his heart:Putasne centenario nascetur filius?“Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man?et Sara nonagenaria pariet?And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

¹⁸Dixitque ad Deum:And he said to God,Utinam Ismaël vivat coram te.“If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”

¹⁸Dixitque ad Deum:And he said to God,Utinam Ismaël vivat coram te.“If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”

¹⁹Et ait Deus ad Abraham:And God said to Abraham:Sara uxor tua pariet tibi filium,“Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son,vocabisque nomen ejus Isaac,and you shall call his name Isaac,et constituam pactum meum illi in fœdus sempiternum,and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant,et semini ejus post eum.and with his offspring after him.

¹⁹Et ait Deus ad Abraham:And God said to Abraham:Sara uxor tua pariet tibi filium,“Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son,vocabisque nomen ejus Isaac,and you shall call his name Isaac,et constituam pactum meum illi in fœdus sempiternum,and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant,et semini ejus post eum.and with his offspring after him.

²⁰Super Ismaël quoque exaudivi te:Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you.ecce,Behold,benedicam ei, et augebo,I will bless and enlarge him,et multiplicabo eum valde:and I will multiply him greatly.duodecim duces generabit,He will produce twelve leaders,et faciam illum in gentem magnam.and I will make him into a great nation.

²⁰Super Ismaël quoque exaudivi te:Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you.ecce,Behold,benedicam ei, et augebo,I will bless and enlarge him,et multiplicabo eum valde:and I will multiply him greatly.duodecim duces generabit,He will produce twelve leaders,et faciam illum in gentem magnam.and I will make him into a great nation.

²¹Pactum vero meum statuam ad Isaac,Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac,quem pariet tibi Sara tempore isto in anno altero.to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

²¹Pactum vero meum statuam ad Isaac,Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac,quem pariet tibi Sara tempore isto in anno altero.to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

²²Cumque finitus esset sermo loquentis cum eo,And when he had finished speaking with him,ascendit Deus ab Abraham.God ascended from Abraham.

²²Cumque finitus esset sermo loquentis cum eo,And when he had finished speaking with him,ascendit Deus ab Abraham.God ascended from Abraham.

²³Tulit autem Abraham Ismaël filium suum,Then Abraham took his son Ishmael,et omnes vernaculos domus suæ,and all who were born in his house,universosque quos emerat,and all whom he had bought,cunctos mares ex omnibus viris domus suæ:every male among the men of his house,et circumcidit carnem præputii eorum statim in ipsa die,and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day,sicut præceperat ei Deus.just as God had instructed him.

²³Tulit autem Abraham Ismaël filium suum,Then Abraham took his son Ishmael,et omnes vernaculos domus suæ,and all who were born in his house,universosque quos emerat,and all whom he had bought,cunctos mares ex omnibus viris domus suæ:every male among the men of his house,et circumcidit carnem præputii eorum statim in ipsa die,and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day,sicut præceperat ei Deus.just as God had instructed him.

²⁴Abraham nonaginta et novem erat annorum quando circumcidit carnem præputii sui.Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁴Abraham nonaginta et novem erat annorum quando circumcidit carnem præputii sui.Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁵Et Ismaël filius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suæ.And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.

²⁵Et Ismaël filius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suæ.And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.

²⁶Eadem die circumcisus est AbrahamOn the very same day,et Ismaël filius ejus:Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.

²⁶Eadem die circumcisus est AbrahamOn the very same day,et Ismaël filius ejus:Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.

²⁷et omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi,And all the men of his house, those born in his house,quam emptitii et alienigenæ pariter circumcisi sunt.as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.

²⁷et omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi,And all the men of his house, those born in his house,quam emptitii et alienigenæ pariter circumcisi sunt.as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.