Genesis 1717GenesisAbrahamThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Abraham to Father Many Nations

2. 1ENGOJBAnd when Avram was ninety and nine shanah, Hashem appeared to Avram, and said unto him, I am El Shaddai; walk before Me, and be thou tamim (blameless).BSBBSB: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
3. 2ENGOJBAnd I will confirm My brit (covenant) between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.BSBBSB: I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
4. 3ENGOJBAnd Avram fell on his face; and Elohim talked with him, saying,BSBBSB: Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
5. 4ENGOJBAs for Me, hinei, My brit (covenant) is with thee, and thou shalt be an Av of many Goyim.BSBBSB: “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
6. 5ENGOJBNeither shall thy shem any more be called Avram, but thy shem shall be Avraham; for Av hamon Goyim (Father of a multitude of Goyim) have I made thee.BSBBSB: No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
7. 6ENGOJBAnd I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make Goyim of thee, and Melechim shall come out of thee.BSBBSB: I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
8. 7ENGOJBAnd I will establish My Brit (covenant) between Me and thee and thy zera after thee in their dorot for a Brit Olam, to be Elohim unto thee, and to thy zera after thee.BSBBSB: I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
9. 8ENGOJBAnd I will give unto thee, and to thy zera after thee, the Eretz wherein thou art now a ger, kol Eretz Kena'an, for an Achuzzah (Possession) Olam (Everlasting); and I will be their Elohim.BSBBSB: And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

10. The Covenant of Circumcision

11. 9ENGOJBAnd Elohim said unto Avraham, Thou shalt be shomer over My Brit therefore, thou, and thy zera after thee in the dorot.BSBBSB: God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
12. 10ENGOJBThis is My Brit (covenant), which ye shall be shomer over, between Me and you and thy zera after thee; every zachar among you shall be circumcised.BSBBSB: This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
13. 11ENGOJBAnd ye shall circumcise the basar of your arelah; and it shall be an ot brit (sign of the covenant) between Me and you.BSBBSB: You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
14. 12ENGOJBAnd he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every zachar in your dorot, he that is born in the bais, or bought with kesef of any foreigner, which is not of thy zera.BSBBSB: Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
15. 13ENGOJBHe that is born in thy bais, and he that is bought with thy kesef, must be circumcised; and My Brit shall be in your basar for a Brit Olam.BSBBSB: Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
16. 14ENGOJBAnd the arel (uncircumcised) zachar whose basar of his arelah (foreskin) is not circumcised, that nefesh shall be cut off from his people; My Brit hefer (he broke).BSBBSB: But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
17. 15ENGOJBAnd Elohim said unto Avraham, As for Sarai thy isha, thou shalt not call her shem Sarai, but Sarah (Princess) shall her shem be.BSBBSB: Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
18. 16ENGOJBAnd I will bless her, and give thee ben also of her; yes, will bless her, and she shall give rise to Goyim; melechim of peoples shall be from her.BSBBSB: And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
19. 17ENGOJBThen Avraham fell upon his face, and yitzchak (laughed), and said in his lev, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred shanah? And shall Sarah, that is ninety shanah, bear?BSBBSB: Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
20. 18ENGOJBAnd Avraham said unto HaElohim, O that Yishmael might live before Thee!BSBBSB: And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
21. 19ENGOJBAnd Elohim said, Sarah thy isha shall bear thee ben indeed; and thou shalt call shmo Yitzchak; and I will establish My Brit (covenant) with him for a Brit Olam, and with his zera after him.BSBBSB: But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
22. 20ENGOJBAnd as for Yishmael, I have heard thee; hinei, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve nasi'im (princes, rulers) shall he father, and I will make him a goy gadol (great nation).BSBBSB: As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
23. 21ENGOJBBut My Brit (covenant) will I establish with Yitzchak, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at mo'ed hazeh (this set time) next year.BSBBSB: But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
24. 22ENGOJBAnd He left off speaking with him, and Elohim went up from Avraham.BSBBSB: When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
25. 23ENGOJBAnd Avraham took Yishmael bno, and all that were born in his bais, and all that were bought with his kesef, every zachar among the men of Avrahamʼs bais; and circumcised the basar of their arelah in the very same day, as Elohim had said unto him.BSBBSB: On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
26. 24ENGOJBAnd Avraham was ninety shanah and nine, when he was circumcised in the basar of his arelah.BSBBSB: So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
27. 25ENGOJBAnd Yishmael bno was thirteen shanah, when he was circumcised in the basar of his arelah (foreskin).BSBBSB: and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
28. 26ENGOJBIn the very same day was Avraham circumcised, and Yishmael bno.BSBBSB: Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
29. 27ENGOJBAnd all the men of his bais, born in the bais, and bought with kesef of the foreigner, were circumcised with him.BSBBSB: And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.