Liber Genesis, 17

1. Postquam Abram nonaginta et novem annorum factus est, apparuit ei Dominus dixitque ad eum: “Ego Deus omnipotens, ambula coram me et esto perfectus.

1. 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.

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

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

3. Cecidit Abram pronus in faciem.

3. Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him,

4. Dixitque ei Deus: “Ecce pactum meum tecum. Erisque pater multarum gentium,

4. "Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

5. nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed Abraham erit nomen tuum, quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.

5. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6. Faciamque te crescere vehementissime et ponam te in gentes; regesque ex te egredientur.

6. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you.

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.

7. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

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

8. And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

9. Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham: “Tu autem pactum meum custodies, et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.

9. And God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

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

10. This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

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

11. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

12. Infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis: omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam empticius ex omnibus alienigenis, quicumque non fuerit de stirpe vestra.

12. He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,

13. Circumcidetur vernaculus et empticius, eritque pactum meum in carne vestra in foedus aeternum. 14 Masculus, cuius praeputii caro circumcisa non fuerit, delebitur anima illa de populo suo; pactum meum irritum fecit”.

13. both he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money, shall be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.

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14. Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."

15. Dixit quoque Deus ad Abraham: “Sarai uxorem tuam non vocabis nomen eius Sarai, sed Sara erit nomen eius.

15. And God said to Abraham, "As for Sar'ai your wife, you shall not call her name Sar'ai, but Sarah shall be her name.

16. Et benedicam ei; et ex illa quoque dabo tibi filium. Benedicturus sum eam, eritque in nationes; reges populorum orientur ex ea”.

16. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her; I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her."

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

17. Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"

18. Dixitque ad Deum: “Utinam Ismael vivat coram te”.

18. And Abraham said to God, "O that Ish'mael might live in thy sight!"

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

19. God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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

20. As for Ish'mael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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

21. But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year."

22. Cumque cessasset loqui cum eo, ascendit Deus ab Abraham.

22. When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23. Tulit ergo 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.

23. Then Abraham took Ish'mael his son and all the slaves born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.

24. Abraham nonaginta novem erat annorum, quando circumcisus est in carne praeputii sui;

24. Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25. et Ismael filius eius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suae.

25. And Ish'mael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26. Eadem die circumcisus est Abraham et Ismael filius eius;

26. That very day Abraham and his son Ish'mael were circumcised;

27. et omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi quam empticii ex alienigenis, circumcisi sunt cum eo.

27. and all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.