1 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 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 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 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 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 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 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 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 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 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 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 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 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 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 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 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 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 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 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 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 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

1 亚伯兰九十九岁的时候， 耶和华向他显现， 对他说： "我是全能的 神， 你要在我面前行事为人； 你要作完全人。

2 我要与你立约， 要使你的后裔人丁兴旺。"

3 于是亚伯兰俯伏在地， 神又告诉他， 说：

4 "看哪， 这就是我和你所立的约： 你要作多国的父。

5 你的名不要再叫亚伯兰， 要叫亚伯拉罕， 因为我已经立了你作万国的父。

6 我要使你极其昌盛， 国度因你而立， 君王必从你而出。

7 我要与你， 和你世世代代的后裔， 坚立我的约， 成为永远的约， 使我作你和你的后裔的 神。

8 我要把你现在寄居的地， 就是迦南全地， 赐给你和你的后裔， 作永远的产业， 我也要作他们的 神。"

9 神又对亚伯拉罕说： "你和你世世代代的后裔都要谨守我的约。

10 我与你和你的后裔所立的这约， 是你们应当谨守的， 就是你们所有的男子， 都要受割礼。

11 你们都要割去身上的包皮， 这就是我与你们立约的记号了。

12 你们中间世世代代所有的男子， 无论是在家里生的， 或是用银子从不是属你后裔的外族人买来的， 生下来第八日都要受割礼。

13 在你家里生的， 和你用银子买来的， 都一定要受割礼。这样， 我的约就刻在你们身上， 作永远的约。

14 但不受割礼的男子， 就是没有割去身上的包皮的， 那人必从民中剪除， 因为他违背了我的约。"

15 神又对亚伯拉罕说： "至于你的妻子撒莱， 不要再叫她的名撒莱， 要叫撒拉。

16 我必赐福给她， 也必使她为你生一个儿子； 我要赐福给她， 她也要作多国的母， 万族的君王必从她而出。"

17 亚伯拉罕就俯伏在地， 笑了起来， 心里说： "一百岁的人， 还能生孩子吗？撒拉已经九十岁了， 还能生育吗？"

18 亚伯拉罕对 神说： "愿以实玛利能在你面前活着！ "

19 神说： "你的妻子撒拉， 真的要为你生一个儿子， 你要给他起名叫以撒， 我要与他坚立我的约， 作他后裔的永约。

20 至于以实玛利， 我也应允你。看哪， 我已经赐福给他； 我必使他昌盛， 子孙极其众多； 他必生十二个族长； 我也必使他成为大国。

21 但我的约是要和以撒坚立的。这以撒， 就是明年这时候， 撒拉要为你生的。"

22 神和亚伯拉罕说完了话， 就离开他上升去了。

23 就在那一天， 亚伯拉罕照着 神吩咐他的， 给他儿子以实玛利， 和他家里所有的男子， 无论是在家里生的， 或是用银子买来的， 都割去了他们身上的包皮。

24 亚伯拉罕九十九岁的时候， 割去了他身上的包皮。

25 他的儿子以实玛利十三岁的时候， 割去了他身上的包皮。

26 就在那一天， 亚伯拉罕和他的儿子以实玛利， 都受了割礼。

27 亚伯拉罕家里所有的男人， 无论是在家里生的， 或是用银子从外族人买来的， 都与他一同受了割礼。