¹ 耶和華在幔利橡樹那裡向亞伯拉罕顯現出來。那時正熱，亞伯拉罕坐在帳棚門口，

² 舉目觀看，見有三個人在對面站著。他一見，就從帳棚門口跑去迎接他們，俯伏在地，

³ 說：我主，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你不要離開僕人往前去。

⁴ 容我拿點水來，你們洗洗腳，在樹下歇息歇息。

⁵ 我再拿一點餅來，你們可以加添心力，然後往前去。你們既到僕人這裡來，理當如此。他們說：就照你說的行罷。

⁶ 亞伯拉罕急忙進帳棚見撒拉，說：你速速拿三細亞細麵調和作餅。

⁷ 亞伯拉罕又跑到牛群裡，牽了一隻又嫩又好的牛犢來，交給僕人，僕人急忙預備好了。

⁸ 亞伯拉罕又取了奶油和奶，並預備好的牛犢來，擺在他們面前，自己在樹下站在旁邊，他們就吃了。

⁹ 他們問亞伯拉罕說：你妻子撒拉在那裡？他說：在帳棚裡。

¹⁰ 三人中有一位說：到明年這時候，我必要回到你這裡；你的妻子撒拉必生一個兒子。撒拉在那人後邊的帳棚門口也聽見了這話。

¹¹ 亞伯拉罕和撒拉年紀老邁，撒拉的月經已斷絕了。

¹² 撒拉心裡暗笑，說：我既已衰敗，我主也老邁，豈能有這喜事呢？

¹³ 耶和華對亞伯拉罕說：撒拉為甚麼暗笑，說：我既已年老，果真能生養麼？

¹⁴ 耶和華豈有難成的事麼？到了日期，明年這時候，我必回到你這裡，撒拉必生一個兒子。

¹⁵ 撒拉就害怕，不承認，說：我沒有笑。那位說：不然，你實在笑了。

¹⁶ 三人就從那裡起行，向所多瑪觀看，亞伯拉罕也與他們同行，要送他們一程。

¹⁷ 耶和華說：我所要作的事豈可瞞著亞伯拉罕呢？

¹⁸ 亞伯拉罕必要成為強大的國；地上的萬國都必因他得福。

¹⁹ 我眷顧他，為要叫他吩咐他的眾子和他的眷屬遵守我的道，秉公行義，使我所應許亞伯拉罕的話都成就了。

²⁰ 耶和華說：所多瑪和蛾摩拉的罪惡甚重，聲聞於我。

²¹ 我現在要下去，察看他們所行的，果然盡像那達到我耳中的聲音一樣麼？若是不然，我也必知道。

²² 二人轉身離開那裡，向所多瑪去；但亞伯拉罕仍舊站在耶和華面前。

²³ 亞伯拉罕近前來，說：無論善惡，你都要剿滅麼？

²⁴ 假若那城裡有五十個義人，你還剿滅那地方麼？不為城裡這五十個義人饒恕其中的人麼？

²⁵ 將義人與惡人同殺，將義人與惡人一樣看待，這斷不是你所行的。審判全地的主豈不行公義麼？

²⁶ 耶和華說：我若在所多瑪城裡見有五十個義人，我就為他們的緣故饒恕那地方的眾人。

²⁷ 亞伯拉罕說：我雖然是灰塵，還敢對主說話。

²⁸ 假若這五十個義人短了五個，你就因為短了五個毀滅全城麼？他說：我在那裡若見有四十五個，也不毀滅那城。

²⁹ 亞伯拉罕又對他說：假若在那裡見有四十個怎麼樣呢？他說：為這四十個的緣故，我也不作這事。

³⁰ 亞伯拉罕說：求主不要動怒，容我說，假若在那裡見有三十個怎麼樣呢？他說：我在那裡若見有三十個，我也不作這事。

³¹ 亞伯拉罕說：我還敢對主說話，假若在那裡見有二十個怎麼樣呢？他說：為這二十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。

³² 亞伯拉罕說：求主不要動怒，我再說這一次，假若在那裡見有十個呢？他說：為這十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。

³³ 耶和華與亞伯拉罕說完了話就走了；亞伯拉罕也回到自己的地方去了。

¹ When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

² I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

³ Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

⁴ "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

⁵ Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; 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. Kings will come out of you.

⁷ I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

⁸ I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

⁹ God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

¹⁰ This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

¹¹ You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

¹² He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

¹³ He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

¹⁴ The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

¹⁵ God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

¹⁶ I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

¹⁷ Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

¹⁸ Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

¹⁹ God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

²¹ But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

²² When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

²³ Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same 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 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁶ In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

²⁷ All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.