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The Sign of the Covenant

¹When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord⚓appeared to Abram and said to him, ⚓“I am Almighty God; ⚓walk before Me and be ⚓blameless. ²And I will make My ⚓covenant between Me and you, and ⚓will multiply you exceedingly.” ³Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: ⁴“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a ⚓father of many nations. ⁵No longer shall ⚓your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; ⚓for I have made you a father of many nations. ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations ⚓of you, and ⚓kings shall come from you. ⁷And I will ⚓establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, ⚓to be God to you and ⚓your descendants after you. ⁸Also ⚓I give to you and your descendants after you the land ⚓in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and ⚓I will be their God.”
⁹And God said to Abraham: “As for you, ⚓you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. ¹⁰This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: ⚓Every male child among you shall be circumcised; ¹¹and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be ⚓a sign of the covenant between Me and you. ¹²He who is eight days old among you ⚓shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. ¹³He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person ⚓shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
¹⁵Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. ¹⁶And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, ⚓and she shall be a mother⚓of nations; ⚓kings of peoples shall be from her.”
¹⁷Then Abraham fell on his face ⚓and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” ¹⁸And Abraham ⚓said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
¹⁹Then God said: “No, ⚓Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My ⚓covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. ²⁰And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and ⚓will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget ⚓twelve princes, ⚓and I will make him a great nation. ²¹But My ⚓covenant I will establish with Isaac, ⚓whom Sarah shall bear to you at this ⚓set time next year.” ²²Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
²³So 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 foreskins that very same day, as God had said to him. ²⁴Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. ²⁵And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. ²⁶That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael; ²⁷and ⚓all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Kevcai Txiav ua Cim Cog Tseg

¹Thaum Anplas hnubnyoog muaj cuaj caum cuaj xyoos, tus TSWV tau rov los tshwm rau nws pom thiab hais tias, “Kuv yog Vajtswv tus uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus. Koj cia li mloog kuv lus thiab ua lub neej ncaj ncees mus kom tas koj simneej. ²Kuv yuav coglus tseg rau koj thiab yuav pub kom koj muaj xeebntxwv coob heev.” ³Anplas txawm txhos caug ntua nyo hau ua ntsejmuag ti nkaus av, thiab Vajtswv hais tias, ⁴“Tej lus uas kuv cog tseg rau koj muaj li no: koj yuav tau ua ntau haivneeg tus yawgkoob. ⁵Koj lub npe yuav tsis hu ua Anplas ntxiv lawm, tiamsis yuav hu ua Anplahas, rau qhov kuv tsa koj ua ntau haivneeg tus yawgkoob. ⁶Kuv yuav pub kom koj muaj xeebntxwv huamvam coob heev. Koj tej xeebntxwv yuav mus ua ntau haivneeg, thiab muaj qee leej yuav ua vajntxwv.
⁷“Kuv yuav ceev kuv tej lus cog tseg rau koj thiab koj tej xeebntxwv mus lawm yav tom ntej ib tiam dhau rau ib tiam uas yog cov lus cog tseg mus ibtxhis tsis kawg li. Kuv yuav yog koj tus Vajtswv thiab koj tej xeebntxwv tus Vajtswv. ⁸Kuv yuav muab lub tebchaws uas tamsim no koj tseem ua neeg poob tebchaws nyob no pub rau koj thiab koj tej xeebntxwv. Tagnrho lub tebchaws Kana-as no yuav yog koj tej xeebntxwv li mus ibtxhis, thiab kuv yuav yog lawv tus Vajtswv.”
⁹Vajtswv hais rau Anplahas hais tias, “Koj yuav tsum ceev cov lus cog tseg no, rau koj thiab koj tej xeebntxwv ib tiam dhau rau ib tiam mus ibtxhis li. ¹⁰Koj thiab koj tej xeebntxwv yuav tsum ua kevcai txiav tawv rau txhua tus txivneej. ^11-12Txij hnub no mus lawm yav tom ntej koj yuav tsum muab txhua tus menyuam tub ua kevcai txiav tawv thaum nws hnubnyoog muaj yim hnub, tsis hais tej tub qhe uas yug hauv nej tsev thiab tej tub qhe uas nej yuav ntawm lwm haivneeg los ua kevcai txiav tawv huv tibsi. Txoj kevcai no yog lub cim tseemceeb ntawm lo lus cog tseg rau koj thiab kuv. ¹³Txhua tus yuav tsum tau ua kevcai txiav tawv, thiab txoj kevcai txiav ntawm nqaij tawv no thiaj ua lub cim qhia hais tias, kuv cov lus cog tseg rau nej yeej nyob mus ibtxhis. ¹⁴Txhua tus txivneej uas nws tsis tau ua kevcai txiav tawv yuav tau muab nws rho tawm hauv kuv haivneeg, rau qhov nws tsis ceev lo lus cog tseg ntawd.”
¹⁵Vajtswv hais rau Anplahas hais tias, “Koj tsis txhob hu koj tus pojniam ua Xalais lawm, txij hnub no mus koj yuav tsum hu nws lub npe ua Xalas lawm xwb. ¹⁶Kuv yuav foom koob hmoov rau nws thiab kuv yuav pub nws muaj ib tug tub rau koj. Kuv yuav foom koob hmoov rau nws thiab nws yuav tau ua ntau haivneeg leej niam, thiab nws tej xeebntxwv yuav muaj qee leej sawv ua vajntxwv.” ¹⁷Anplahas txawm txhos caug ntua nyo hau ua ntsejmuag ti nkaus av, tiamsis nws tseem luag twjywm hauv siab thaum nws xav txog hais tias, “Yuav ua li cas tus neeg uas hnubnyoog muaj ib puas xyoo lawm tseem muaj taus menyuam? Xalas twb muaj cuaj caum xyoo lawm, es nws tseem yuav xeeb taus tub thiab los?” ¹⁸Anplahas hais rau Vajtswv hais tias, “Thov koj cia li foom koob hmoov rau Yisamayees xwb.”
¹⁹Ces Vajtswv hais tias, “Tsis yog li ntawd, Xalas tus uas yog koj tus pojniam yuav yug ib tug tub rau koj thiab koj yuav tis nws lub npe hu ua Ixaj. Kuv yuav ceev kuv tej lus cog tseg nrog nws thiab nws tej xeebntxwv mus ibtxhis. Yog lo lus cog tseg uas nyob mus ibtxhis tsis kawg li. ²⁰Kuv hnov tej lus uas koj tau thov kuv hais txog Yisamayees, yog li ntawd, kuv yuav foom koob hmoov rau nws thiab pub nws muaj tubki thiab xeebntxwv coob heev. Nws yuav ua kaum ob tug vajntxwv leej txiv, thiab kuv yuav pub kom nws tej xeebntxwv ua ib haivneeg uas tseemceeb. ²¹Tiamsis kuv yuav ceev kuv tej lus cog tseg nrog koj tus tub Ixaj, yog tus uas lwm xyoo rov txog lub caij no Xalas yuav yug rau koj.” ²²Thaum Vajtswv hais tas rau Anplahas lawm, nws txawm ncaim Anplahas mus lawm.
²³Anplahas ua raws li Vajtswv hais, tib hnub ntawd xwb nws txawm ua kevcai txiav tawv rau nws tus tub Yisamayees thiab lwm tus txivneej uas nyob hauv nws lub tsev, tagnrho tej tub qhe uas yug hauv nws tsev thiab tej tub qhe uas muab nyiaj yuav los huv tibsi. ²⁴Anplahas ua kevcai txiav tawv thaum nws muaj hnubnyoog cuaj caum cuaj xyoos, ²⁵thiab nws tus tub Yisamayees ua thaum muaj kaum peb xyoos. ²⁶Nkawd puavleej ua kevcai txiav rau tib hnub ntawd, ²⁷thiab tib txhij nrog Anplahas cov tub qhe txhua tus huv tibsi.