Gênesis 17
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A aliança da circuncisão
17 Quando Abrão era de 99 anos, o Senhor apareceu-lhe: “Eu sou o Deus Todo-Poderoso. Anda diante da minha presença e sê íntegro. 2 Vou fazer uma aliança contigo, garantindo-te que te hás de tornar num grande povo.”
3 Abrão inclinou-se profundamente diante de Deus, o qual continuou: 4 “É esta a minha aliança: serás o pai não só de uma nação, mas de uma grande quantidade de nações. 5 E mais ainda; vou mudar-te o nome, que não será mais Abrão, mas Abraão, pois por pai de muitas nações te constituí. 6 Dar-te-ei milhões de descendentes que constituirão muitas nações. Haverá mesmo reis na tua descendência. 7 E esta aliança que fica estabelecida entre mim e ti continuará através de todas as gerações futuras, para sempre; porque se aplica não só a ti mas a todos os que hão de ser teus filhos. É como um contrato em como eu serei teu Deus e Deus de toda a tua posteridade. 8 Dar-te-ei esta terra de Canaã, a ti e a todos eles, para sempre. Serei com efeito o seu Deus.”
9 Deus acrescentou ainda: “A parte que te diz respeito neste acordo é esta: obedeceres à minha aliança. Tu pessoalmente, assim como toda a tua descendência, 10 terão continuamente este dever: todo o que nascer, do sexo masculino, terá de ser circuncidado. 11 Isto será uma prova em como tu e eles aceitam esta aliança. 12 Todo o que for do sexo masculino será circuncidado oito dias depois de ter nascido. E isto aplica-se tanto aos que forem da vossa família e da vossa raça, como aos estrangeiros que viverem convosco, e também aos criados e escravos, que tenham sido adquiridos por dinheiro. 13 É assim um sinal permanente como prova deste acordo, e aplica-se tanto a ti como aos teus descendentes. Todos deverão ser circuncidados. Todos terão desta forma, em si mesmos, uma marca física da sua participação nesta aliança perpétua. 14 Aqueles que recusarem aceitar os termos deste acordo terão de deixar de fazer parte do seu povo, visto que violam a minha aliança.”
15 “E no que diz respeito a Sarai, a tua mulher”, acrescentou Deus, “também o seu nome não será mais Sarai, mas Sara, 16 porque hei de abençoá-la e terás um filho dela. Sim, abençoá-la-ei ricamente e será mãe de muita gente. Muitos povos, e até reis, constituirão a sua posteridade.”
17 Abraão inclinou-se em adoração a Deus. Contudo, no seu íntimo, não se impediu de achar graça e de se rir, numa atitude de descrença! “O quê, eu, pai, agora com 100 anos?”, pensou. “E a Sara nascer-lhe um filho agora aos 90?”
18 Então Abraão exclamou: “Pois sim, abençoa então Ismael!”
19 “Não!”, insistiu Deus. “Não é isso que te estou a dizer. Sara, a tua mulher, dará à luz um filho. E o nome que lhe vais dar será Isaque. E estabelecerei a minha aliança com ele, para sempre, assim como com os seus descendentes. 20 Quanto a Ismael, com certeza que também o abençoarei, tal como me pediste agora. Terá uma abundante descendência e tornar-se-á uma grande nação. Haverá doze príncipes no meio da sua posteridade. 21 Contudo, a minha aliança é feita com Isaque, o filho que vocês hão de ter, tu e Sara, no próximo ano, mais ou menos por este tempo.” 22 Após este diálogo, Deus ausentou-se dele, elevando-se.
23 E naquele mesmo dia Abraão pegou em Ismael, o seu filho, e convocou toda a gente do sexo masculino da sua família, nascidos ou não na sua casa, e circuncidou-os, tal como o Senhor lhe dissera. 24 Abraão tinha nessa altura 99 anos 25-26 e Ismael 13 anos, quando foram ambos circuncidados, no mesmo dia, 27 assim como todos os outros homens da sua família e da sua casa, nascidos ou adquiridos como servos.
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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