1 По глаго́лѣхъ же си́хъ, бы́сть сло́во гдⷭ҇не ко а҆вра́мꙋ въ видѣ́нїи но́щїю, гл҃ѧ: не бо́йсѧ, а҆вра́ме: а҆́зъ защища́ю тѧ̀, мзда̀ твоѧ̀ мно́га бꙋ́детъ ѕѣлѡ̀. 2 Глаго́ла же а҆вра́мъ: влⷣко гдⷭ҇и, что́ ми да́си; а҆́зъ же ѿпꙋща́юсѧ безча́денъ: сы́нъ же масе́къ домоча́дицы моеѧ̀, се́й дама́скъ є҆лїе́зеръ. 3 И҆ речѐ а҆вра́мъ: поне́же мнѣ̀ не да́лъ є҆сѝ сѣ́мене, домоча́децъ же мо́й наслѣ́дникъ мо́й бꙋ́детъ. 4 И҆ а҆́бїе гла́съ гдⷭ҇ень бы́сть къ немꙋ̀, гл҃ющїй: не бꙋ́детъ се́й наслѣ́дникъ тво́й, но и҆́же и҆зы́детъ и҆з̾ тебє̀, то́й бꙋ́детъ наслѣ́дникъ тебѣ̀. 5 И҆зведе́ же є҆го̀ во́нъ и҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀: воззрѝ на не́бо и҆ и҆зочтѝ ѕвѣ́зды, а҆́ще возмо́жеши и҆счестѝ ѧ҆̀. И҆ речѐ: та́кѡ бꙋ́детъ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ. 6 И҆ вѣ́рова а҆вра́мъ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ вмѣни́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀ въ пра́вдꙋ. 7 Рече́ же къ немꙋ̀: а҆́зъ (є҆́смь) бг҃ъ и҆зведы́й тѧ̀ ѿ страны̀ халде́йскїѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да́ти тебѣ̀ зе́млю сїю̀ наслѣ́дствовати. 8 И҆ речѐ: влⷣко гдⷭ҇и, по чесомꙋ̀ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́ю, ꙗ҆́кѡ наслѣ́дити ю҆̀ и҆́мамъ; 9 Рече́ же къ немꙋ̀: возмѝ мнѣ̀ ю҆́ницꙋ трилѣ́тнꙋ и҆ ко́зꙋ трилѣ́тнꙋ и҆ ѻ҆вна̀ трилѣ́тна, и҆ го́рлицꙋ и҆ го́лꙋбѧ. 10 Взѧ́ же ѻ҆́нъ всѧ̑ сїѧ̑ и҆ раздѣлѝ ѧ҆̀ на по́лы, и҆ положѝ ѧ҆̀ противоли̑чна є҆ди́на ко дрꙋго́мꙋ: пти́цъ же не раздѣлѝ. 11 Слетѣ́ша же пти̑цы на тѣлеса̀ растє́санаѧ и҆́хъ: и҆ сѣ́де бли́зꙋ и҆́хъ а҆вра́мъ. 12 Заходѧ́щꙋ же со́лнцꙋ, ᲂу҆́жасъ нападѐ на а҆вра́ма, и҆ сѐ, стра́хъ те́менъ ве́лїй нападѐ на́нь. 13 И҆ рече́но бы́сть ко а҆вра́мꙋ: вѣ́дый ᲂу҆вѣ́си, ꙗ҆́кѡ пресе́льно бꙋ́детъ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ въ землѝ не свое́й, и҆ порабо́тѧтъ ѧ҆̀, и҆ ѡ҆ѕло́бѧтъ ѧ҆̀, и҆ смирѧ́тъ ѧ҆̀ лѣ́тъ четы́риста: 14 ꙗ҆зы́кꙋ же, є҆мꙋ́же порабо́таютъ, сꙋждꙋ̀ а҆́зъ: по си́хъ же и҆зы́дꙋтъ сѣ́мѡ со и҆мѣ́нїемъ мно́гимъ: 15 ты́ же ѿи́деши ко ѻ҆тцє́мъ твои̑мъ въ ми́рѣ, препита́нъ въ ста́рости до́брѣй: 16 въ четве́ртѣмъ же ро́дѣ возвратѧ́тсѧ сѣ́мѡ: не бо̀ и҆спо́лнишасѧ грѣсѝ а҆морре́ѡвъ до нн҃ѣ. 17 Є҆гда́ же бы́сть со́лнце на за́падѣ, пла́мень бы́сть: и҆ сѐ, пе́щь дымѧ́щисѧ, и҆ свѣщы̀ ѻ҆́гнєнны, ꙗ҆̀же проидо́ша междꙋ̀ растеса̑нїи си́ми. 18 Въ де́нь то́й завѣща̀ гдⷭ҇ь а҆вра́мꙋ завѣ́тъ, гл҃ѧ: сѣ́мени твоемꙋ̀ да́мъ зе́млю сїю̀ ѿ рѣкѝ є҆гѵ́петскїѧ да́же до рѣкѝ вели́кїѧ є҆ѵфра́та: 19 кене́ѡвъ и҆ кенезе́ѡвъ и҆ кедмѡне́ѡвъ, 20 и҆ хетте́ѡвъ и҆ ферезе́ѡвъ и҆ рафаі́нѡвъ, 21 и҆ а҆морре́ѡвъ и҆ ханане́ѡвъ, и҆ є҆ѵе́ѡвъ и҆ гергесе́ѡвъ и҆ і҆евꙋсе́ѡвъ.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Eliezer of Damascus
A man of Damascus in Abram's household whom Abram named as the heir of his house while he remained childless.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 15:2
Places
Ur
Traditionally the southern Sumerian city (Tell el-Muqayyar) with its famous ziggurat, though some scholars argue for a northern Ur (location debated). Abraham set out from here.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7; Nehemiah 9:7
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 119:114; Psalm 84:11; Hebrews 13:5–6; Genesis 26:24
- 2 Genesis 25:21; 1 Samuel 1:11; Acts 7:5; Genesis 12:1–3; Genesis 44:1
- 3 Genesis 14:14; Proverbs 29:21; Ecclesiastes 2:7
- 4 Genesis 17:16; Galatians 4:28; 2 Samuel 7:12; Genesis 21:12; 2 Chronicles 32:21
- 5 Hebrews 11:12; Romans 4:18; Deuteronomy 1:10; Exodus 32:13; Genesis 22:17
- 6 James 2:23; Galatians 3:6–14; Romans 4:9; Romans 4:20–25; Romans 4:3–6
- 7 Genesis 12:1; Acts 7:2–4; Romans 4:13; Psalm 105:42; Genesis 13:15–17
- 8 Luke 1:18; Luke 1:34; 2 Kings 20:8; Isaiah 7:11; Psalm 86:17
- 9 Leviticus 14:22; Leviticus 14:30; Luke 2:24; Leviticus 3:6; Leviticus 3:1
- 10 Jeremiah 34:18–19; Leviticus 1:17; Genesis 15:17
- 11 Matthew 13:4; Psalm 119:13; Ezekiel 17:7; Ezekiel 17:3
- 12 Genesis 2:21; Job 33:15; Daniel 10:8–9; Acts 9:8–9; Job 4:13–14
- 13 Acts 7:6–7; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 12:40–41; Acts 7:17; Exodus 1:1–2
- 14 Nehemiah 9:9–11; Exodus 6:5–6; Exodus 12:32–38; Joshua 24:4–7; Exodus 7:1–14
- 15 Job 5:26; Genesis 25:7–9; 2 Chronicles 34:28; Numbers 27:13; Daniel 12:13
- 16 1 Kings 21:26; Daniel 8:23; Matthew 23:32–35; Exodus 12:40; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
- 17 Jeremiah 34:18–19; Judges 6:21; Jeremiah 11:4; Exodus 3:2–3; 1 Chronicles 21:26
- 18 Joshua 1:3–4; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 13:15; Deuteronomy 11:24
- 19 Numbers 24:21–22
- 20 Genesis 14:5; Isaiah 17:5
- 21 Exodus 23:23–28; Exodus 33:2; Genesis 10:15–19; Matthew 8:28; Exodus 34:11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For Matthew the apostle-- knowing, as one and the same God, Him who had given promise to Abraham, that He would make his seed as the stars of heaven, and Him who, by His Son Christ Jesus, has called us to the knowledge of Himself, from the worship of stones, so that those who were not a people were made …
Here, indeed, is set down that sentence which the apostle quotes in order to commend the grace of God, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness;" lest the circumcision should glory, and be unwilling to receive the uncircumcised nations to the faith of Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For both Stephen saith, "Receive my spirit;" and Paul, "To depart and to be with Christ is far better;" and of the patriarch too the Scripture saith, that "he was gathered unto his fathers, being cherished in a good old age." And as to the proof, that neither can the souls of sinners continue here; hear the rich man making …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… last times was made visible and passible, and spake with the human race, that He might from the stones raise up children unto Abraham, and fulfil the promise which God had given him, and that He might make his seed as the stars of heaven, as John the Baptist says: "For God is able from these stones to raise up …
In the same vision, God in speaking to him also says, "I am God that brought thee out of the region of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it." And when Abram asked whereby he might know that he should inherit it, God said to him, "Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)