1Da Abram var 99 år gammel, viste Herren sig for ham og sagde: „Jeg er den almægtige Gud! Adlyd mig og gør, hvad der er rigtigt.2Jeg opretter en pagt med dig. Jeg lover dig, at dine efterkommere skal blive umådelig talrige.”3Abram bøjede sig med ansigtet mod jorden i ærefrygt, og Gud fortsatte:4„Dette er mit pagtsløfte til dig: Du skal blive far til mange folkeslag.5Jeg vil også give dig et andet navn. Du skal ikke længere hedde Abram, men Abraham[1], for du skal blive far til mange folkeslag.6Mange folk vil se dig som deres far, og konger skal nedstamme fra dig.7Denne pagt skal fortsætte fra slægt til slægt—til evig tid. Jeg vil altid være din Gud og dine efterkommeres Gud.8Dette Kana’ans land, hvor du nu bor som fremmed, giver jeg til dig og dine efterkommere for evigt, og jeg vil være deres Gud.9Men du skal holde din del af pagten. Det gælder både dig og dine efterkommere fra slægt til slægt:10-13Alle mænd og drenge iblandt jer skal omskæres. Det skal være tegnet på, at I vil holde pagten. I skal omskære alle drenge på den ottende dag efter fødslen; det gælder også slaver, der hører til jeres husstand. Det skal være tegnet på pagten mellem os til evig tid.14Enhver, som ikke bliver omskåret, skal udelukkes fra folket, for han har brudt min pagt.”15Og Gud tilføjede: „Hvad din kone Saraj angår, skal du ikke længere kalde hende Saraj. Fra nu af skal du kalde hende Sara.[2]16Jeg vil velsigne hende og give dig et barn med hende. Hun skal blive stammor til mange folk—selv konger skal nedstamme fra hende.”17Da bøjede Abraham sig igen for Herren med ansigtet mod jorden, men han lo for sig selv og tænkte: „Kan en hundredårig blive far? Og kan Sara, der er 90, blive mor?”18Men til Gud sagde han: „Ja, Herre, må din velsignelse være med Ishmael!”19„Nej, det er Sara, der skal føde din søn!” svarede Gud, „og du skal kalde ham Isak.[3] Den samme pagt skal gælde for ham og for hans efterkommere til evig tid.20Hvad Ishmael angår, vil jeg gøre, som du siger. Jeg vil også velsigne ham og gøre hans efterkommere til et stort folk. Tolv fyrster skal nedstamme fra ham.21Men min pagt gælder ikke for Ishmael, men for Isak—den søn, som Sara skal føde dig næste år ved denne tid.”22Da Gud var færdig med at tale med Abraham, gik han sin vej.23Samme dag omskar Abraham sin søn Ishmael og alle andre mænd og drenge i sin teltlejr, sådan som Gud havde sagt.24Abraham var 99 år25-26og Ishmael 13 år, da de blev omskåret27sammen med alle deres slaver, både de købte og dem, der var født som slaver.
1When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[1] walk before me, and be blameless, (1.Mos 6,9; 5.Mos 18,13; Job 1,1; Salm 119,1; Matt 5,48)2that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” (1.Mos 12,2; 1.Mos 13,16; 1.Mos 22,17)3Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, (1.Mos 17,17)4“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. (Rom 4,11; Rom 4,16)5No longer shall your name be called Abram,[2] but your name shall be Abraham,[3] for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. (Neh 9,7; Rom 4,17)6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. (1.Mos 17,16; 1.Mos 35,11)7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. (1.Mos 26,24; 1.Mos 28,13; Gal 3,17; Heb 11,16)8And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.” (1.Mos 12,7; 1.Mos 13,15; 2.Mos 6,7; 3.Mos 26,12; Salm 105,11)9And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.11You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. (Ap G 7,8; Rom 4,11)12He who 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, (2.Mos 12,48; 3.Mos 12,3; Luk 1,59; Luk 2,21; Filip 3,5)13both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.14Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
Isaac’s Birth Promised
15And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah[4] shall be her name.16I will bless her, and moreover, I will give[5] you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” (1.Mos 18,10; 1.Mos 35,11)17Then 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?” (1.Mos 17,3; 1.Mos 21,6; Joh 8,56; Rom 4,19)18And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”19God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac.[6] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. (1.Mos 18,10; 1.Mos 21,2; 1.Mos 21,3; Gal 4,23; Gal 4,28)20As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation. (1.Mos 16,10; 1.Mos 21,13; 1.Mos 21,18; 1.Mos 25,12)21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.” (1.Mos 21,2; 1.Mos 26,2)22When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. (1.Mos 35,13)23Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those 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.24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.26That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.27And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.