Gênesis 17
Nova Versão Transformadora
Abrão recebe o nome de Abraão
17 Quando Abrão estava com 99 anos, o Senhor lhe apareceu e disse: “Eu sou o Deus Todo-poderoso.[a] Seja fiel a mim e tenha uma vida íntegra. 2 Farei uma aliança com você e lhe darei uma descendência incontável”.
3 Ao ouvir essas palavras, Abrão se prostrou com o rosto no chão, e Deus lhe disse: 4 “Esta é a minha aliança com você: farei de você o pai de numerosas nações! 5 Além disso, mudarei seu nome. Você já não será chamado Abrão, mas sim Abraão,[b] pois será o pai de muitas nações. 6 Eu o tornarei extremamente fértil. Seus descendentes formarão muitas nações, e haverá reis entre eles.
7 “Confirmarei a minha aliança com você e seus descendentes, de geração em geração. Esta é a aliança sem fim: serei sempre o seu Deus e o Deus de seus descendentes. 8 Darei a você e a seus descendentes toda a terra de Canaã, onde hoje você vive como estrangeiro. Será propriedade deles para sempre, e eu serei o seu Deus”.
O sinal da aliança
9 Então Deus disse a Abraão: “É sua responsabilidade permanente, e de seus descendentes, obedecer aos termos da aliança. 10 Este é o sinal da aliança que você e seus descendentes devem guardar: todo indivíduo do sexo masculino entre vocês deve ser circuncidado. 11 Cortem a carne do prepúcio como sinal da aliança entre mim e vocês. 12 Todo menino deve ser circuncidado no oitavo dia depois do nascimento, de geração em geração. Isso se aplica não apenas aos membros de sua família, mas também aos servos nascidos em sua casa e aos servos estrangeiros que você comprou. 13 Quer sejam nascidos em sua casa, quer os tenha comprado, todos devem ser circuncidados. Terão no corpo o sinal da minha aliança sem fim. 14 O indivíduo do sexo masculino que não for circuncidado será excluído do seu povo, pois quebrou a minha aliança”.
Sarai recebe o nome de Sara
15 Deus também disse a Abraão: “Quanto à sua mulher, não se chamará mais Sarai. De agora em diante ela se chamará Sara.[c] 16 Eu a abençoarei e por meio dela darei a você um filho! Sim, eu a abençoarei, e ela se tornará mãe de muitas nações. Haverá reis de nações entre seus descendentes”.
17 Abraão se prostrou com o rosto no chão e riu consigo. Pensou: “Como eu, aos 100 anos, poderia ser pai? E como Sara, aos 90 anos, teria um filho?”. 18 Então Abraão disse a Deus: “Que Ismael viva sob a tua bênção!”.
19 Mas Deus respondeu: “Na verdade, Sara, sua mulher, lhe dará um filho. Você o chamará Isaque,[d] e eu confirmarei com ele e com seus descendentes, para sempre, a minha aliança. 20 Quanto a Ismael, também o abençoarei, como você pediu. Eu o tornarei extremamente fértil e multiplicarei seus descendentes. Ele será pai de doze príncipes, e farei dele uma grande nação. 21 Minha aliança, porém, será confirmada com Isaque, filho que Sara lhe dará por esta época, no ano que vem”. 22 Quando Deus terminou de falar, retirou-se da presença de Abraão.
23 Naquele mesmo dia, Abraão tomou Ismael, seu filho, e todos os indivíduos do sexo masculino em sua casa, tanto os nascidos ali como os comprados, e os circuncidou, removendo o prepúcio, como Deus havia ordenado. 24 Abraão tinha 99 anos quando foi circuncidado, 25 e Ismael, seu filho, tinha 13 anos. 26 Ambos foram circuncidados naquele mesmo dia, 27 junto com todos os outros homens e meninos da casa, tanto os nascidos ali como os comprados. Todos foram circuncidados com Abraão.
Footnotes
- 17.1 Em hebraico, Eu sou El-Shaddai.
- 17.5 Abrão s ignifica “pai exaltado”; o som do nome Abraão é semelhante ao de um termo hebraico que significa “pai de muitos”.
- 17.15 Tanto Sarai como Sara significam “princesa”; a mudança na grafia talvez reflita a diferença entre os dialetos de Ur e Canaã.
- 17.19 Isaque significa “ele ri”.
Genesis 17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Sign of the Covenant
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[a] walk before me, and be blameless. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, 4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be Abram,[b] but your name shall be Abraham;[c] for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you. 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 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 And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. 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 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 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 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. 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 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 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 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 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ish′mael might live in thy sight!” 19 God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac.[d] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasing covenant for his descendants after him. 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 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”
22 When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. 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 was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ish′mael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 That very day Abraham and his son Ish′mael were circumcised; 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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 17:1 Heb El Shaddai
- Genesis 17:5 That is exalted father
- Genesis 17:5 Here taken to mean father of a multitude
- Genesis 17:19 That is he laughs
Genesis 17
King James Version
17 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.
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