- Genesis 17:7
וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָם לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ׃
I will maintain My covenant between Me and you, and your offspring to come, as an everlasting covenant throughout the ages, to be God to you and to your offspring to come.
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וַאֲקֵים יָת קְיָמִי בֵּין מֵימְרִי וּבֵינָךְ וּבֵין בְּנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ לְדָרֵיהוֹן לִקְיָם עָלַם לְמִהְוֵי לָךְ לֶאֱלָהּ וְלִבְנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ׃
I will sustain My covenant between Me [My Word] and you, and between your descendants after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, to be a God to you, and to your descendants after you.
- Genesis 17:8
וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֵת ׀ אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֶיךָ אֵת כׇּל־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לַאֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים׃
I assign the land you sojourn in to you and your offspring to come, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting holding. I will be their God.”
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וְאֶתֵּין לָךְ וְלִבְנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ יָת אֲרַע תּוֹתָבוּתָךְ יָת כָּל אַרְעָא דִּכְנַעַן לְאַחְסָנַת עָלַם וְאֶהְוֵי לְהוֹן לֶאֱלָהּ׃
I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your temporary residence, all the land of Canaan as an eternal possession, and I will be a God to them.
- Genesis 17:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם וְאַתָּה אֶת־בְּרִיתִי תִשְׁמֹר אַתָּה וְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָם׃
God further said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring to come throughout the ages shall keep My covenant.
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַבְרָהָם וְאַתְּ יָת קְיָמִי תִּטַּר אַתְּ וּבְנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ לְדָרֵיהוֹן׃
Elohim said to Avraham: And as for you, you must preserve My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
- Genesis 17:10
זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּ בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ הִמּוֹל לָכֶם כׇּל־זָכָר׃
Such shall be the covenant between Me and you and your offspring to follow that you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
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דֵּין קְיָמִי דְּתִטְּרוּן בֵּין מֵימְרִי וּבֵינֵיכוֹן וּבֵין בְּנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ מִגְזַר לְכוֹן כָּל דְּכוּרָא׃
This is My covenant which you must preserve between Me [My Word] and you, and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.
- Genesis 17:11
וּנְמַלְתֶּם אֵת בְּשַׂר עׇרְלַתְכֶם וְהָיָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם׃
You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.
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וְתִגְזְרוּן יָת בִּסְרָא דְּעוּרְלַתְכוֹן וִיהֵי לְאָת קְיָם בֵּין מֵימְרִי וּבֵינֵיכוֹן׃
You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin. This shall be the sign of the covenant between Me [My Word] and you.
- Genesis 17:12
וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים יִמּוֹל לָכֶם כׇּל־זָכָר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מִכֹּל בֶּן־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ הוּא׃
And throughout the generations, every male among you shall be circumcised at the age of eight days. As for the homeborn slave and the one bought from an outsider who is not of your offspring,
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וּבַר תְּמָנְיָא יוֹמִין יִגְזַר לְכוֹן כָּל דְּכוּרָא לְדָרֵיכוֹן יְלִיד בֵּיתָא וּזְבִין כַּסְפָּא מִכֹּל בַּר עַמְמִין דְּלָא מִבְּנָךְ הוּא׃
At the age of eight days every male among you must be circumcised, throughout your generations; he that is a house-born [slave] or one that was bought with money from any stranger who is not your descendant.
- Genesis 17:13
הִמּוֹל ׀ יִמּוֹל יְלִיד בֵּיתְךָ וּמִקְנַת כַּסְפֶּךָ וְהָיְתָה בְרִיתִי בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם לִבְרִית עוֹלָם׃
they must be circumcised, homeborn and purchased alike. Thus shall My covenant be marked in your flesh as an everlasting pact.
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מִגְזָר יִגְזַר יְלִיד בֵּיתָךְ וּזְבִין כַּסְפָּךְ וִיהֵי קְיָמִי בִּבְסַרְכוֹן לִקְיָם עָלַם׃
Your house-born slaves must be circumcised, and also those bought with your money. This shall be My covenant in your flesh as an eternal covenant.
- Genesis 17:14
וְעָרֵל ׀ זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִמּוֹל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עׇרְלָתוֹ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי הֵפַר׃
And if any male who is uncircumcised fails to circumcise the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from kin; he has broken My covenant.”
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וַעֲרַל דְּכוּרָא דְּלָא יִגְזַר יָת בִּסְרָא דְּעוּרְלְתֵיהּ וְיִשְׁתֵּיצֵי אֲנָשָׁא הַהוּא מֵעַמֵּיהּ יָת קְיָמִי אַשְׁנִי׃
An uncircumcised male, who will not circumcise his foreskin, that soul [man] shall be cut off from its people; he has broken [changed] My covenant.
- Genesis 17:15
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם שָׂרַי אִשְׁתְּךָ לֹא־תִקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמָהּ שָׂרָי כִּי שָׂרָה שְׁמָהּ׃
And God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, you shall not call her Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַבְרָהָם שָׂרַי אִתְּתָךְ לָא תִּקְרֵי יָת שְׁמַהּ שָׂרָי אֲרֵי שָׂרָה שְׁמַהּ׃
And Elohim said to Avraham [As for] Sarai your wife, do not call her by the name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.
- Genesis 17:16
וּבֵרַכְתִּי אֹתָהּ וְגַם נָתַתִּי מִמֶּנָּה לְךָ בֵּן וּבֵרַכְתִּיהָ וְהָיְתָה לְגוֹיִם מַלְכֵי עַמִּים מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיוּ׃
I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she shall give rise to nations; rulers of peoples shall issue from her.”
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וַאֲבָרֵיךְ יָתַהּ וְאַף אֶתֵּין מִנַּהּ לָךְ בַּר וַאֲבָרְכִנַּהּ וּתְהֵי לְכִנְשָׁן מַלְכִין דְּשָׁלְטִין בְּעַמְמַיָּא מִנַּהּ יְהוֹן׃
I will bless her, and I will also give you a son through her. I will bless her, and she will be [a mother] of nations [assemblies], kings of peoples [who rule over nations] will descend from her.
- Genesis 17:17
וַיִּפֹּל אַבְרָהָם עַל־פָּנָיו וַיִּצְחָק וַיֹּאמֶר בְּלִבּוֹ הַלְּבֶן מֵאָה־שָׁנָה יִוָּלֵד וְאִם־שָׂרָה הֲבַת־תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה תֵּלֵד׃
Abraham threw himself on his face and laughed, as he said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old, or can Sarah bear a child at ninety?”
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וּנְפַל אַבְרָהָם עַל אַפּוֹהִי וַחְדִּי וַאֲמַר בְּלִבֵּיהּ הַלְבַר מְאָה שְׁנִין יְהֵי וְלַד וְאִם שָׂרָה הֲבַת תִּשְׁעִין שְׁנִין תְּלִיד׃
Avraham fell on his face and laughed [rejoiced]. He said in his heart: Can a hundred year old man have children? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old give birth?
- Genesis 17:18
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים לוּ יִשְׁמָעֵאל יִחְיֶה לְפָנֶיךָ׃
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live by Your favor!”
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וַאֲמַר אַבְרָהָם קֳדָם יְיָ לְוֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל יִתְקַיַּם קֳדָמָךְ׃
And Avraham said to [before] Elohim: May it be granted that Yishmael live before You.
- Genesis 17:19
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֲבָל שָׂרָה אִשְׁתְּךָ יֹלֶדֶת לְךָ בֵּן וְקָרָאתָ אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִצְחָק וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתּוֹ לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו׃
God said, “Nevertheless, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac; and I will maintain My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring to come.
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ בְּקוּשְׁטָא שָׂרָה אִתְּתָךְ תְּלִיד לָךְ בַּר וְתִקְרֵי יָת שְׁמֵיהּ יִצְחָק וַאֲקֵים יָת קְיָמִי עִמֵּיהּ לִקְיָם עָלַם לִבְנוֹהִי בָּתְרוֹהִי׃
Elohim said: Indeed, your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Yitzchok. I will establish My covenant with him as an eternal covenant to his descendants after him.
- Genesis 17:20
וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ הִנֵּה ׀ בֵּרַכְתִּי אֹתוֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֹתוֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֹתוֹ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם יוֹלִיד וּנְתַתִּיו לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל׃
As for Ishmael, I have heeded you. I hereby bless him. I will make him fertile and exceedingly numerous. He shall be the father of twelve chieftains, and I will make of him a great nation.
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וְעַל יִשְׁמָעֵאל קַבֵּילִית צְלוֹתָךְ הָא בָּרֵיכִית יָתֵיהּ וְאַפֵּישִׁית יָתֵיהּ וְאַסְגִּיתִי יָתֵיהּ לַחְדָּא לַחְדָּא תְּרֵי עֲסַר רַבְרְבִין יוֹלִיד וְאֶתְּנִנֵּיהּ לְעַם סַגִּי׃
And as for Yishmael, I have heard you [I have accepted your prayer]. I have blessed him, and I will make him fruitful, and will increase him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Genesis 17:21
וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִי אָקִים אֶת־יִצְחָק אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד לְךָ שָׂרָה לַמּוֹעֵד הַזֶּה בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַחֶרֶת׃
But My covenant I will maintain with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”
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וְיָת קְיָמִי אֲקִים עִם יִצְחָק דִּתְלִיד לָךְ שָׂרָה לְזִמְנָא הָדֵין בְּשַׁתָּא אוּחְרָנְתָא׃
But I will establish My covenant with Yitzchok, who Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.
- Genesis 17:22
וַיְכַל לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ וַיַּעַל אֱלֹהִים מֵעַל אַבְרָהָם׃
Done speaking with him, God was gone from Abraham.
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וְשֵׁיצִי לְמַלָּלָא עִמֵּיהּ וְאִסְתַּלַּק יְקָרָא דַּייָ מֵעִלָּווֹהִי דְּאַבְרָהָם׃
And when He finished speaking with him, [the Glory of] Elohim ascended from Avraham.
- Genesis 17:23
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וְאֵת כׇּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ וְאֵת כׇּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ כׇּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמׇל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עׇרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִים׃
Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all his homeborn slaves and all those he had bought, every male in Abraham’s household, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins on that very day, as God had spoken to him.
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וּדְבַר אַבְרָהָם יָת יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּרֵיהּ וְיָת כָּל יְלִידֵי בֵיתֵיהּ וְיָת כָּל זְבִינֵי כַּסְפֵּיהּ כָּל דְּכוּרָא בַּאֲנָשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וּגְזַר יָת בִּסְרָא דְּעוּרְלַתְהוֹן בִּכְרַן יוֹמָא הָדֵין כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּיל עִמֵּיהּ יְיָ׃
Avraham took his son, Yishmael, and all those that were born in his household, and all that he had bought with his money, every male member of Avraham’s household, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day as Elohim had said to him.
- Genesis 17:24
וְאַבְרָהָם בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה בְּהִמֹּלוֹ בְּשַׂר עׇרְלָתוֹ׃
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin,
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וְאַבְרָהָם בַּר תִּשְׁעִין וּתְשַׁע שְׁנִין כַּד גְּזַר בִּסְרָא דְּעוּרְלְתֵיהּ׃
Avraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
- Genesis 17:25
וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ בֶּן־שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בְּהִמֹּלוֹ אֵת בְּשַׂר עׇרְלָתוֹ׃
and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּרֵיהּ בַּר תְּלָת עַסְרֵי שְׁנִין כַּד גְּזַר יָת בִּסְרָא דְּעוּרְלְתֵיהּ׃
And his son Yishmael was thirteen years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
- Genesis 17:26
בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִמּוֹל אַבְרָהָם וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ׃
Thus Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on that very day;
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בִּכְרַן יוֹמָא הָדֵין אִתְגְּזַר אַבְרָהָם וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּרֵיהּ׃
On that very day Avraham and his son Yishmael were circumcised.
- Genesis 17:27
וְכׇל־אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר נִמֹּלוּ אִתּוֹ׃
and all his household, his homeborn slaves and those that had been bought from outsiders, were circumcised with him.
Targum Onkelos
וְכָל אֲנָשֵׁי בֵּיתֵיהּ יְלִידֵי בֵיתָא וּזְבִינֵי כַּסְפָּא מִן בְּנֵי עַמְמַיָּא אִתְגְּזַרוּ עִמֵּיהּ׃
All the men of his household, those born in his household, and bought with money from a stranger, were circumcised with him.