Suosittuja jakeita Raamatun kirjasta Genesis 17

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When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. The Lord said, “I am God All-Powerful. Obey me and do what is right.

I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham. This is because I am making you a father of many nations.

And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

“I am making my agreement with you: I will make you the father of many nations.

God said, “No. Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him. It will be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.

You live in the land of Canaan now as a stranger. But I will give you and your descendants all this land forever. And I will be the God of your descendants.”

Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, “Can a man have a child when he is 100 years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is 90?”

God said to Abraham, “I will change the name of Sarai, your wife. Her new name will be Sarah.

Cut away the foreskin to show that you follow the agreement between me and you.

But I will make my agreement with Isaac. He is the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year.”

From now on when a baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. This includes any boy born among your people or any who is your slave. (He would not be one of your descendants.) So circumcise every baby boy. Circumcise him whether he is born in your family or bought as a slave. Your bodies will be marked. This will show that you are part of my agreement that lasts forever.