¹ At nang si Abram ay may siyam na pu't siyam na taon, ay napakita ang Panginoon kay Abram, at sa kaniya'y nagsabi, Ako ang Dios na Makapangyarihan sa lahat lumakad ka sa harapan ko, at magpakasakdal ka.

² At ako'y makikipagtipan sa iyo at ikaw ay aking pararamihing mainam.

³ At nagpatirapa si Abram: at ang Dios ay nakipagusap sa kaniya, na sinasabi,

⁴ Tungkol sa akin, narito, ang aking tipan ay sumasaiyo, at ikaw ang magiging ama ng maraming bansa.

⁵ At hindi na tatawagin ang pangalan mong Abram, kundi Abraham ang magiging iyong pangalan; sapagka't ikaw ay ginawa kong ama ng maraming bansa.

⁶ At ikaw ay aking gagawing totoong palaanakin at papanggagalingin ko sa iyo ang mga bansa; at magbubuhat sa iyo ang mga hari.

⁷ At aking papagtitibayin ang aking tipan sa iyo at sa iyong binhi pagkamatay mo sa buong kalahian nila, na tipang walang hanggan, na ako'y magiging iyong Dios, at ng iyong binhi, pagkamatay mo.

⁸ At ibibigay ko sa iyo, at sa iyong binhi, pagkamatay mo, ang lupaing iyong mga pinaglakbayan, ang buong lupain ng Canaan, na pag-aaring walang hanggan at ako ang magiging Dios nila.

⁹ At sinabi pa ng Dios kay Abraham, At tungkol sa iyo, iingatan mo ang aking tipan, iingatan mo at ng iyong binhi pagkamatay mo, sa buong kalahian nila.

¹⁰ Ito ang aking tipan na inyong iingatan sa akin at sa inyo, at ng iyong binhi, pagkamatay mo; tutuliin ang bawa't lalake sa inyo.

¹¹ At kayo'y tutuliin sa laman ng inyong balat ng masama; at ito ang magiging tanda ng aking tipan sa inyo.

¹² At ang may walong araw ay tutuliin sa inyo, ang bawa't lalake sa buong kalahian ninyo; ang ipinanganak sa bahay, o ang binili ng salapi sa sinomang taga ibang lupa na hindi sa iyong lahi.

¹³ Ang ipinanganak sa bahay at ang binili ng iyong salapi, ay dapat tuliin: at ang aking tipan ay sasa iyong laman na pinakatipang walang hanggan.

¹⁴ At ang lalaking hindi tuli, na hindi tinuli ang laman ng kaniyang balat ng masama, ang taong yaon ay mahihiwalay sa kaniyang bayan; sinira niya ang aking tipan.

¹⁵ At sinabi ng Dios kay Abraham, Tungkol kay Sarai na iyong asawa, ay huwag mo nang tatawagin ang kaniyang pangalang Sarai, kundi Sara ang magiging kaniyang pangalan.

¹⁶ At akin siyang pagpapalain, at saka sa kaniya'y bibigyan kita ng anak: oo, siya'y aking pagpapalain, at magiging ina ng mga bansa; ang mga hari ng mga bayan ay magmumula sa kaniya.

¹⁷ Nang magkagayo'y nagpatirapa si Abraham, at nagtawa, at nasabi sa kaniyang sarili, Magkakaanak kaya siya na may isang daang taon na? at manganak pa kaya si Sara na may siyam na pung taon na?

¹⁸ At sinabi ni Abraham sa Dios, Kahimanawari, si Ismael ay mabuhay sa harapan mo!

¹⁹ At sinabi ng Dios, Hindi, kundi ang iyong asawang si Sara ay magkakaanak sa iyo; at tatawagin mo ang kaniyang ngalang Isaac; at aking pagtitibayin ang aking tipan sa kaniya ng pinakatipang walang hanggan, sa kaniyang lahi pagkamatay niya.

²⁰ At tungkol kay Ismael, ay dininig din kita. Narito't aking pinagpala siya, at siya'y aking papagaanakin ng marami, at siya'y aking pararamihin ng di kawasa; labing dalawang prinsipe ang kaniyang magiging anak, at siya'y gagawin kong malaking bansa.

²¹ Nguni't ang aking tipan ay pagtitibayin ko kay Isaac na iaanak sa iyo ni Sara, sa tadhanang araw, sa taong darating.

²² At nang matapos na makipagusap sa kaniya, ay napaitaas ang Dios mula sa piling ni Abraham.

²³ At ipinagsama ni Abraham si Ismael, na kaniyang anak, at ang lahat na ipinanganak sa kaniyang bahay, at ang lahat ng binili niya ng kaniyang salapi, ang lahat ng lalake sa mga lalaking kasangbahay ni Abraham, at tinuli ang laman ng kanilang balat ng masama ng araw ding yaon, ayon sa sinabi ng Dios sa kaniya.

²⁴ At si Abraham ay may siyam na pu't siyam na taon, nang tuliin ang laman ng kaniyang balat ng masama.

²⁵ At si Ismael ay may labing tatlong taon, nang tuliin ang laman ng kaniyang balat ng masama.

²⁶ Nang araw ding yaon tinuli si Abraham, at si Ismael na kaniyang anak.

²⁷ At lahat ng lalaking kasangbahay niya, maging ang mga ipinanganak sa bahay, at ang mga binili ng salapi sa taga ibang lupain, ay pinagtuling kasama niya.

¹ Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

³ and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

⁴ Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

⁵ I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

⁷ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

⁸ He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

¹⁰ He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

¹² Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

¹³ Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

¹⁷ Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

¹⁸ since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹⁹ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

²⁰ Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

²¹ I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

³³ Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.