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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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Jiex Gaatv Nyei Leiz Zoux Ngaengc Waac Nyei Jangx-Hoc

¹Apc^laam nyei hnyangx-jeiv duqv juov ziepc juov hnyangx wuov zanc, Ziouv hinc cuotv daaih mbuox ninh, “Yie se Nernh Jiex nyei Tin-Hungh.⚓ Meih oix zuqc muangx yie nyei waac, zanc-zanc zoux horpc, maiv lamh nqemh dorngx. ²Yie oix caux meih liepc ngaengc waac yaac oix bun meih nyei zeiv-fun hiaangx jienv faaux camv.”
³Apc^laam ziouc puoqv njiec ndau. Tin-Hungh gorngv mbuox ninh, ⁴“Naaiv se yie caux meih liepc nyei ngaengc waac. Meih ziouc zoux camv-fingx mienh nyei ong-taaix-ngaeqv. ⁵Yangh naaiv jiex meih nyei mbuox maiv heuc Apc^laam⚓ aqv. Meih nyei mbuox oix zuqc heuc Apc^laa^ham,⚓ weic zuqc yie bun meih zoux camv-fingx mienh nyei ong-taaix-ngaeqv.⚓ ⁶Yie oix bun meih nyei zeiv-fun hiaangx camv daaih, zungv benx ziex fingx mienh, yaac maaih camv-dauh hungh yiem meih cuotv daaih. ⁷Yie caux meih aengx caux meih doic jiex doic nyei zeiv-fun liepc jiez ngaengc waac, benx yietc liuz nyei ngaengc waac. Se yie laengz zoux meih nyei Tin-Hungh yaac zoux meih nyei hoz doic zeiv-fun nyei Tin-Hungh.⚓ ⁸Dongh meih ih zanc yiem jienv benx ganh fingx mienh naaiv norm deic-bung, se Kaa^naa^an nyei yietc zungv deic-bung, yie oix jiu bun meih, bun meih caux meih nyei zeiv-fun yietc liuz duqv nzipc. Yie yaac oix zoux ninh mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh.”⚓
⁹Tin-Hungh gorngv mbuox Apc^laa^ham, “Meih ganh aengx caux meih nyei hoz doic zeiv-fun oix zuqc doic jiex doic ei jienv yie nyei ngaengc waac. ¹⁰Naaiv se yie caux meih aengx caux meih nyei hoz doic zeiv-fun liepc nyei ngaengc waac, dongh meih mbuo oix zuqc ei jienv nyei ngaengc waac. Yiem meih mbuo gu'nyuoz nyei dauh dauh m'jangc dorn oix zuqc ⟨jiex gaatv nyei leiz.⟩⚓ ¹¹Meih oix zuqc jiex gaatv nyei leiz weic zoux yie caux meih liepc ngaengc waac nyei jangx-hoc.⚓ ¹²Meih doic jiex doic nyei m'jangc dorn, da'faanh gu'nguaaz-dorn cuotv seix daaih duqv hietc hnoi wuov hnoi oix zuqc jiex gaatv nyei leiz. Liemh yiem meih nyei biauv zong cuotv seix nyei caux longc nyaanh tengx ganh fingx maaiz daaih nyei mienh, se maiv zeiz meih mbuo ganh nyei cien zeiv-fun, oix zuqc jiex gaatv nyei leiz. ¹³Maiv gunv yiem meih nyei biauv zong cuotv seix fai longc meih nyei nyaanh maaiz daaih, dauh dauh zungv oix zuqc jiex gaatv nyei leiz. Hnangv naaiv se yiem meih mbuo nyei sin zoux jangx-hoc bun cing yie caux meih mbuo liepc jiez yietc liuz nyei ngaengc waac. ¹⁴Haaix dauh m'jangc dorn maiv jiex gaatv nyei leiz ziouc yiem ninh nyei mienh mbu'ndongx zuqc pai guangc,⚓ laaix ninh maiv ei yie nyei ngaengc waac.”
¹⁵Tin-Hungh aengx gorngv mbuox Apc^laa^ham, “Meih nyei auv, Saalaai, yiem naaiv mingh maiv heuc Saalaai aqv. Oix zuqc heuc Saalaa.⚓ ¹⁶Yie oix ceix fuqv bun ninh, zungv oix bun ninh yungz dauh dorn bun meih. Yie oix ceix fuqv ninh, bun ninh zoux camv-fingx mienh nyei m'gux taaix ngaeqv. Yaac oix maaih camv-fingx mienh nyei hungh yiem ninh cuotv.”
¹⁷Apc^laa^ham puoqv njiec ndau jatv jienv yiem hnyouv hnamv, “Duqv yietc baeqv hnyangx nyei m'jangc dorn corc haih maaih fu'jueiv fai ni? Saalaa duqv juov ziepc hnyangx ninh corc haih maaih gu'nguaaz nyei?” ¹⁸Ninh mbuox Tin-Hungh, “O tov meih ceix fuqv bun I^saa^maa^en.”
¹⁹Tin-Hungh dau, “Maiv zeiz. Se meih nyei auv, Saalaa ganh, oix yungz dauh dorn bun meih. Meih oix zuqc tengx ninh cuotv mbuox heuc I^sakc.⚓ Yie oix caux ninh liepc ngaengc waac, se caux ninh nyei hoz doic zeiv-fun liepc yietc liuz nyei ngaengc waac. ²⁰Mv baac yie haiz meih tengx I^saa^maa^en tov, yie ziouc ceix fuqv bun ninh yaac bun ninh maaih zeiv-fun hiaangx daaih camv. Ninh oix zoux ziepc nyeic dauh bieiv zeiv nyei die. Yie yaac oix bun ninh nyei zeiv-fun benx yietc guoqv hlo nyei. ²¹Mv baac yie liepc nyei ngaengc waac, yie oix caux I^sakc liepc, dongh Saalaa taux da'nyeic hnyangx naaiv norm ziangh hoc oix yungz wuov dauh.” ²²Tin-Hungh caux Apc^laa^ham gorngv liuz naaiv deix waac, Tin-Hungh ziouc leih nqoi ninh mi'aqv.
²³Dongh wuov hnoi Apc^laa^ham ei jienv Tin-Hungh nyei waac zoux. Ninh tengx ninh nyei dorn, I^saa^maa^en, caux yiem ninh nyei biauv zong dauh dauh m'jangc dorn, maiv gunv yiem ninh nyei biauv cuotv seix fai longc nyaanh tengx ganh fingx maaiz nyei, yietc zungv m'jangc dorn jiex gaatv nyei leiz nzengc aqv. ²⁴Jiex gaatv nyei leiz wuov zanc Apc^laa^ham duqv juov ziepc juov hnyangx. ²⁵Ninh nyei dorn, I^saa^maa^en, duqv ziepc faam hnyangx. ²⁶Dongh wuov hnoi Apc^laa^ham caux ninh nyei dorn, I^saa^maa^en, jiex gaatv nyei leiz. ²⁷Ninh nyei biauv zong yietc zungv m'jangc dorn, se yiem ninh nyei biauv cuotv seix fai longc nyaanh tengx ganh fingx maaiz daaih nyei mienh, caux Apc^laa^ham mbuo yietc njiec jiex gaatv nyei leiz.