Jubilees 15

In the fifth year of the fourth week of this jubilee, in the third month, in the middle of the month, Abram celebrated the feast of the firstfruits of the grain harvest.

REF And in the fifth year of the fourth week of this jubilee, in the third month, in the middle of the month, Abram celebrated the feast of the first-fruits of the grain harvest.

He offered new offerings on the altar — the firstfruits of the produce — to the LORD: a heifer, a goat, and a sheep as burnt offerings on the altar, with their grain offerings and drink offerings and frankincense.

REF And he offered new offerings on the altar, the first-fruits of the produce, unto the Lord, a heifer, and a goat, and a sheep on the altar as a burnt sacrifice unto the Lord; their fruit offerings and their drink offerings he offered upon the altar with frankincense.

The LORD appeared to Abram and said, 'I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

REF And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him: 'I am God Almighty; approve thyself before Me and be thou perfect.

I will establish my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.'

REF And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.'

Abram fell on his face, and God spoke with him, saying:

REF And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, and said:

'My covenant is with you. You will be the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram but Abraham from now on, forever, for I have made you the father of many nations.

REF 'Behold my ordinance is with thee, And thou shalt be the father of many nations. And thy name shall no more be called Abram, But thy name from henceforth, even for ever, shall be Abraham. For the father of many nations have I made thee.

I will make you very great. I will make nations from you, and kings will descend from you.

REF And I will make thee very great, And I will make thee into nations, And kings shall come from thee.

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, so that I may be God to you and to your descendants after you.

REF And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee, And between thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an eternal covenant, so that I may be God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you have been a sojourner — the land of Canaan — for you to possess forever, and I will be their God.'

REF And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land where thou hast been a sojourner, the land of Canaan, that thou mayest possess it for ever, and I will be their God.'

God said to Abraham, 'As for you, keep my covenant — you and your descendants after you. Circumcise every male among you; circumcise your foreskins, and it will be a sign of an eternal covenant between me and you.

REF And God said unto Abraham: 'And as for thee, do thou keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee: and circumcise ye every male among you, and circumcise your foreskins, and it shall be a token of an eternal covenant between Me and you.

On the eighth day you shall circumcise every male child throughout your generations — whether born in the house or purchased with money from any foreigner whom you have acquired, who is not of your seed.

REF And the child on the eighth day ye shall circumcise, every male throughout your generations, him that is born in the house, or whom ye have bought with money from any stranger, whom ye have acquired who is not of thy seed.

Those born in your house and those purchased with money must certainly be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh as an eternal ordinance.

REF He that is born in thy house shall surely be circumcised, and those that are bought with money shall be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an eternal ordinance.

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day — that person will be cut off from his people, for he has broken my covenant.'

REF And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be cut off from his people, for he has broken My covenant.'

God said to Abraham, 'As for your wife Sarai, her name will no longer be Sarai. Her name will be Sarah.

REF And God said to Abraham: 'As for Sarai thy wife, her name shall no more be called Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

I will bless her and give you a son through her. I will bless him, and he will become a nation, and kings of nations will descend from him.'

REF And I will bless her, and give thee a son by her, and I will bless him, and he shall become a nation, and kings of nations shall proceed from him.'

Abraham fell on his face and rejoiced, saying in his heart, 'Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety, give birth?'

REF And Abraham fell on his face, and rejoiced, and said in his heart: 'Shall a son be born to him that is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bring forth?'

Abraham said to God, 'If only Ishmael might live before you!'

REF And Abraham said unto God: 'O that Ishmael might live before thee!'

God said, 'Yes, but Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

REF And God said: 'Yea, and Sarah also shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish My covenant with him, an everlasting covenant, and for his seed after him.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and make him great and multiply him exceedingly. He will father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

REF And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee, and I will bless him, and will make him great, and will multiply him exceedingly, and he will beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.'

REF But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee, in these days, in the next year.'

He finished speaking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

REF And He left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

Abraham did as God had commanded him. He took his son Ishmael and all who were born in his house and all he had purchased with money — every male in his household — and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins.

REF And Abraham did according as God had said unto him, and he took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and whom he had bought with his money, every male in his house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.

On that very day Abraham was circumcised, along with all the men of his household — those born in the house and those purchased with money from foreigners — all were circumcised with him.

REF And on that very day Abraham was circumcised, and all the men of his house, (and those born in the house), and all those, whom he had bought with money from the children of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

This law is for all generations forever. There is no adjusting of the days and no omitting even one day of the eight, for it is an eternal ordinance, ordained and written on the heavenly tablets.

REF This law is for all the generations for ever, and there is no circumcision of the days, and no omission of one day out of the eight days; for it is an eternal ordinance, ordained and written on the heavenly tablets.

Everyone who is born and whose foreskin is not circumcised on the eighth day does not belong to the children of the covenant that the LORD made with Abraham, but to the children of destruction. There is no sign on him that he belongs to the LORD. He is destined to be destroyed and killed from the earth and uprooted from the earth, for he has broken the covenant of the LORD our God.

REF And every one that is born, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised on the eighth day, belongeth not to the children of the covenant which the Lord made with Abraham, but to the children of destruction; nor is there, moreover, any sign on him that he is the Lord's, but (he is destined) to be destroyed and slain from the earth, and to be rooted out of the earth, for he has broken the covenant of the Lord our God.

For all the angels of the Presence and all the angels of sanctification were created this way from the day of their creation. Before the angels of the Presence and the angels of sanctification, he sanctified Israel to be with him and with his holy angels.

REF For all the angels of the presence and all the angels of sanctification have been so created from the day of their creation, and before the angels of the presence and the angels of sanctification He hath sanctified Israel, that they should be with Him and with His holy angels.

Command the children of Israel to observe the sign of this covenant throughout their generations as an eternal ordinance, and they will not be uprooted from the land.

REF And do thou command the children of Israel and let them observe the sign of this covenant for their generations as an eternal ordinance, and they will not be rooted out of the land.

For the command is ordained as a covenant, to be observed forever among all the children of Israel.

REF For the command is ordained for a covenant, that they should observe it for ever among all the children of Israel.

As for Ishmael and his sons and his brothers, and Esau — the LORD did not draw them near to himself. He did not choose them, even though they are Abraham's children, because he knew them. But he chose Israel to be his people.

REF For Ishmael and his sons and his brothers and Esau, the Lord did not cause to approach Him, and he chose them not because they are the children of Abraham, because He knew them, but He chose Israel to be His people.

He sanctified Israel and gathered it from among all humanity, for there are many nations and many peoples — all belong to him — and over all of them he has placed spirits in authority to lead them astray from him.

REF And He sanctified it, and gathered it from amongst all the children of men; for there are many nations and many peoples, and all are His, and over all hath He placed spirits in authority to lead them astray from Him.

But over Israel he appointed no angel or spirit, for he alone is their ruler. He will guard them and hold his angels and spirits and all his powers accountable for them, in order to protect them and bless them, so that they may be his and he may be theirs, from now until eternity.

REF But over Israel He did not appoint any angel or spirit, for He alone is their ruler, and He will preserve them and require them at the hand of His angels and His spirits, and at the hand of all His powers in order that He may preserve them and bless them, and that they may be His and He may be theirs from henceforth for ever.

I now announce to you that the children of Israel will not faithfully keep this ordinance. They will not circumcise their sons according to this entire law, for some will neglect the circumcision of their sons. All of them who are sons of Beliar will leave their sons uncircumcised as they were born.

REF And I will now announce unto thee that the children of Israel will not keep true to this ordinance, and they will not circumcise their sons according to all this law; for in the flesh of their circumcision they will omit this circumcision of their sons, and all of them, sons of Beliar, will leave their sons uncircumcised as they were born.

There will be great wrath from the LORD against the children of Israel because they have abandoned his covenant, turned from his word, and provoked and blasphemed him by not observing this law. They have treated their bodies like the Gentiles, so they will be removed and uprooted from the land.

REF And there will be great wrath from the Lord against the children of Israel, because they have forsaken His covenant, and turned aside from His word, and provoked and blasphemed, inasmuch as they do not observe the ordinance of this law; for they have treated their members like the Gentiles, so that they may be removed and rooted out of the land.

There is no pardon or forgiveness for them — they will not be forgiven for the sin of this eternal transgression.

REF And there is therefore no pardon or forgiveness unto them that they should be forgiven and pardoned for all the sin of this eternal error.