Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 17 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και ότε ήτο ο Άβραμ ενενήκοντα εννέα ετών, εφάνη ο Κύριος εις τον Άβραμ και είπε προς αυτόν, Εγώ είμαι Θεός ο Παντοκράτωρ· περιπάτει ενώπιόν μου, και έσο τέλειος.
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
2 Και θέλω στήσει την διαθήκην μου αναμέσον εμού και σού· και θέλω σε πληθύνει σφόδρα σφόδρα.
2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
3 Και έπεσεν ο Άβραμ επί πρόσωπον αυτού· και ελάλησε προς αυτόν ο Θεός, λέγων,
3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
4 Εγώ, ιδού, η διαθήκη μου είναι προς σέ· και θέλεις γείνει πατήρ πλήθους εθνών·
4 “As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
5 και δεν θέλει καλείσθαι πλέον το όνομά σου Άβραμ, αλλά το όνομά σου θέλει είσθαι Αβραάμ· διότι πατέρα πλήθους εθνών σε κατέστησα·
5 Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6 και θέλω σε αυξήσει σφόδρα σφόδρα, και θέλω σε καταστήσει εις έθνη, και βασιλείς θέλουσιν εξέλθει εκ σού·
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
7 και θέλω στήσει την διαθήκην μου αναμέσον εμού και σου, και του σπέρματός σου μετά σε εις τας γενεάς αυτών, εις διαθήκην αιώνιον, διά να ήμαι Θεός εις σε και εις το σπέρμα σου μετά σέ·
7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
8 και θέλω δώσει εις σε, και εις το σπέρμα σου μετά σε, την γην της παροικίας σου, πάσαν την γην Χαναάν, εις κατάσχεσιν αιώνιον· και θέλω είσθαι ο Θεός αυτών.
8 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
9 Και είπεν ο Θεός προς τον Αβραάμ, συ δε την διαθήκην μου θέλεις φυλάξει, συ και το σπέρμα σου μετά σε εις τας γενεάς αυτών.
9 God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.
10 Αύτη είναι η διαθήκη μου την οποίαν θέλετε φυλάξει, αναμέσον εμού και υμών και του σπέρματός σου μετά σέ· παν άρσεν υμών θέλει περιτέμνεσθαι.
10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 Και θέλετε περιτέμνει την σάρκα της ακροβυστίας υμών, και θέλει είσθαι εις σημείον της διαθήκης μεταξύ εμού και υμών·
11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
12 και παιδίον οκτώ ημερών θέλει περιτέμνεσθαι μεταξύ σας, παν άρσεν εις τας γενεάς υμών ο γεγεννημένος εν τη οικία, και ο αργυρώνητος εκ παντός ξένου, όστις δεν είναι εκ του σπέρματός σου·
12 He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
13 θέλει εξάπαντος περιτέμνεσθαι ο γεγεννημένος εν τη οικία σου, και ο αργυρώνητός σου· και θέλει είσθαι η διαθήκη μου επί της σαρκός υμών εις διαθήκην αιώνιον·
13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 και το απερίτμητον άρσεν, του οποίου δεν ήθελε περιτμηθή η σαρξ της ακροβυστίας αυτού, η ψυχή εκείνη θέλει εξολοθρευθή εκ μέσου του λαού αυτής· την διαθήκην μου παρέβη.
14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”
15 Και είπεν ο Θεός προς τον Αβραάμ, Σάραν την γυναίκα σου, δεν θέλεις καλέσει πλέον το όνομα αυτής Σάραν, αλλά Σάρρα θέλει είσθαι το όνομα αυτής.
15 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.
16 Και θέλω ευλογήσει αυτήν, και θέλω προσέτι δώσει εις σε υιόν εξ αυτής· και θέλω ευλογήσει αυτήν, και θέλει γείνει μήτηρ εθνών· βασιλείς λαών θέλουσιν εξέλθει εξ αυτής.
16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”
17 Και έπεσεν ο Αβραάμ επί πρόσωπον αυτού και εγέλασε, και είπεν εν τη καρδία αυτού, Εις άνθρωπον εκατονταετή θέλει γεννηθή τέκνον; και η Σάρρα, γυνή ενενήκοντα ετών, θέλει γεννήσει;
17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”
18 Και είπεν ο Αβραάμ προς τον Θεόν, Είθε ο Ισμαήλ να ζήση ενώπιόν σου
18 Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
19 Και είπεν ο Θεός, Ναι η γυνή σου Σάρρα θέλει γεννήσει υιόν εις σε, και θέλεις καλέσει το όνομα αυτού Ισαάκ· και θέλω στήσει την διαθήκην μου προς αυτόν εις διαθήκην αιώνιον, και προς το σπέρμα αυτού μετ' αυτόν·
19 God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
20 περί δε του Ισμαήλ σου εισήκουσα· Ιδού, ευλόγησα αυτόν, και θέλω αυξήσει αυτόν, και θέλω πληθύνει αυτόν σφόδρα σφόδρα· δώδεκα άρχοντας θέλει γεννήσει, και θέλω κάμει αυτόν έθνος μέγα·
20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
21 αλλά την διαθήκην μου θέλω στήσει προς τον Ισαάκ, τον οποίον θέλει γεννήσει η Σάρρα εις σε το ερχόμενον έτος, εν τω αυτώ τούτω καιρώ.
21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
22 Αφού δε ετελείωσε να λαλή μετ' αυτού, ανέβη ο Θεός από του Αβραάμ.
22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
23 Και έλαβεν ο Αβραάμ Ισμαήλ τον υιόν αυτού, και πάντας τους γεγεννημένους εν τη οικία αυτού, και πάντας τους αργυρωνήτους αυτού, παν άρσεν των ανθρώπων της οικίας του Αβραάμ, και περιέτεμε την σάρκα της ακροβυστίας αυτών την αυτήν εκείνην ημέραν, καθώς είπε προς αυτόν ο Θεός.
23 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 foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
24 Ο δε Αβραάμ ήτο ενενήκοντα εννέα ετών, ότε περιετμήθη την σάρκα της ακροβυστίας αυτού.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 Ισμαήλ δε ο υιός αυτού ήτο δεκατριών ετών, ότε περιετμήθη την σάρκα της ακροβυστίας αυτού.
25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 την αυτήν εκείνην ημέραν περιετμήθη ο Αβραάμ, και Ισμαήλ ο υιός αυτού·
26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
27 και πάντες οι άνθρωποι της οικίας αυτού, οι γεγεννημένοι εν τη οικία, και οι εξ αλλογενών αργυρώνητοι περιετμήθησαν μετ' αυτού.
27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
People & places in this chapter
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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
Ishmael
Abraham's son by Hagar, blessed by God to become a great nation.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 16; 17:20; 21; 25:12–18
Sarah
Wife of Abraham who bore Isaac in her old age, long after hope seemed gone.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 17-21
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Philippians 4:13; Ephesians 3:20; Luke 1:6; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 6:9
- 2 Genesis 17:4–6; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 15:18; Psalm 105:8–11; Genesis 13:16
- 3 Genesis 17:17; Judges 13:20; Matthew 17:6; Joshua 5:14; Numbers 16:45
- 4 Genesis 35:11; Romans 4:11–18; Galatians 3:28–29; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 22:17
- 5 Matthew 1:21–23; Nehemiah 9:7; Romans 4:17; Genesis 17:15; Genesis 32:28
- 6 Genesis 17:4; Matthew 1:6–17; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 17:16; Genesis 17:20
- 7 Romans 9:7–9; Genesis 26:24; Acts 2:39; Genesis 15:18; Hebrews 8:10
- 8 Leviticus 26:12; Psalm 105:11; Genesis 12:7; Exodus 6:7; Genesis 13:15
- 9 Psalm 25:10; Psalm 103:18; Isaiah 56:4–5
- 10 Acts 7:8; Colossians 2:11–12; Galatians 5:3–6; Romans 4:9–11; Joshua 5:2
- 11 Romans 4:11; Acts 7:8; Deuteronomy 10:16; Exodus 4:25; Joshua 5:3
- 12 Leviticus 12:3; Luke 2:21; Philippians 3:5; Exodus 12:48–49; Luke 1:59
- 13 Exodus 12:44; Nehemiah 5:8; Genesis 37:36; Exodus 21:16; Genesis 37:27
- 14 Exodus 4:24–26; Numbers 15:30–31; Exodus 12:19; Exodus 30:33; Isaiah 33:8
- 15 Genesis 32:28; Genesis 17:5; 2 Samuel 12:25
- 16 Genesis 35:11; 1 Peter 3:6; Isaiah 49:23; Galatians 4:26–31; Genesis 18:10–14
- 17 Genesis 18:12; Genesis 21:6; Romans 4:19–20; John 8:56; Revelation 11:16
- 18 Acts 2:39; Psalm 4:6; Psalm 41:12; Genesis 4:14; Jeremiah 32:39
- 19 Genesis 21:2–3; Luke 1:13–20; Genesis 18:10–14; Galatians 4:28–31; Genesis 21:6
- 20 Genesis 21:18; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 25:12–18; Genesis 16:10–12
- 21 Genesis 21:2–3; Genesis 26:2–5; Genesis 18:10; Romans 9:9; Galatians 3:29
- 22 Genesis 35:9–15; Genesis 18:33; John 10:30; Deuteronomy 5:4; Judges 13:20
- 23 Psalm 119:60; Proverbs 27:1; Genesis 17:10–14; Genesis 18:19; Genesis 17:26–27
- 24 Romans 4:11; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 17:17; Romans 4:19–20; Genesis 17:1
- 26 Psalm 119:60; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 22:3–4
- 27 Genesis 18:19
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For it declares: "God said unto Abraham, Every male among you shall be circumcised; and ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, as a token of the covenant between Me and you." This same does Ezekiel the prophet say with regard to the Sabbaths: "Also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that …
… handmaid's son, "when Abram was ninety years old and nine, God appeared to him, and said unto him, I am God; be well-pleasing in my sight, and be without complaint, and I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will fill thee exceedingly." Here there are more distinct promises about the calling of the nations in Isaac, that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Being faithful in these things, he was sealed for righteousness, and received circumcision as a seal of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, having received a promise that he should be the father of many nations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
When it is said, "The male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my covenant," some may be troubled how that ought to be understood, since it can be no fault of the infant whose life it is said must perish; nor has the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And I will give thee a son of Sarah; and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him," --a promise which we now see fulfilled in Christ,--from that time forward this couple are not called in Scripture, as formerly, Abram and Sarai, but Abraham and Sarah, as we have called them …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)