Abraham

And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah--daughter of ninety years--bear?'

And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.

And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money--every male among the men of Abraham's house--and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.

And Abraham is a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;

And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'

and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;

And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! --my lord also is old!'

And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;

and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.

And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?

And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I--dust and ashes;

And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.

And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood before the face of Jehovah;

And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.

And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;

and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;