亚伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人复活、使无变为有的神，他在主面前作我们世人的父。如经上所记：“我已经立你作多国的父。”

亚伯拉罕在上帝面前是我们所有人的父，正如圣经上说：“我已经立你为万族之父。”他所信的上帝是能够使死人复活、使无变有的上帝。

如经上所记：“我已经立了你作万国的父。”他所信的，是叫死人得生命、使无变为有的神。

正如经上所记：“我已经指派你为众多民族的父。”亚伯拉罕所信的那一位，就是叫死人得生命、使无变为有的神。

亞伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人復活、使無變為有的神，他在主面前作我們世人的父。如經上所記：「我已經立你作多國的父。」

亞伯拉罕在上帝面前是我們所有人的父，正如聖經上說：「我已經立你為萬族之父。」他所信的上帝是能夠使死人復活、使無變有的上帝。

如經上所記：“我已經立了你作萬國的父。”他所信的，是叫死人得生命、使無變為有的神。

在亞伯拉罕所信的上帝面前，就是在那能叫死人活、能呼叫不存在的成為存在者、面前，亞伯拉罕是我眾人的父；正如經上所記：『我立了你做許多邦國的父』。

正如經上所記：「我已經指派你為眾多民族的父。」亞伯拉罕所信的那一位，就是叫死人得生命、使無變為有的神。

如經云、我立爾為萬邦之父、夫上帝即甦諸死者、命無為有者也、

經云、我命爾為萬民父焉、且上帝使死者生、變無為有亞伯拉罕篤信上帝、故在其前、得為吾眾之父、

蓋亞伯漢實為萬民之父。經曰：『吾使爾為萬邦之父』此之謂也。顧其所以能在天主之前為眾人之父者、亦曰篤信天主而已。蓋惟天主能予死者以生命、而出萬有於無有耳。

As it is written:“ I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed— the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

It is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations.”( Genesis 17:5) God considers Abraham to be our father. The God that Abraham believed in gives life to the dead. Abraham’s God also creates things that did not exist before.

as it is written,“ I have made you the father of many nations”— in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him,“ I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.

As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations— in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

( as it is written:“ I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist.

( as it is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed— God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

( as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

( As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed,[ even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

( as it is written,“ I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

As it is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

天主又選世之卑賤者、被藐視者、人所視為無有者、以廢世之有者、

我與爾立約、使爾為多族之祖、今而後爾名不復稱亞伯蘭、乃稱亞伯拉罕、亞伯拉罕譯即多族之祖之義因我使爾為多族之祖故也、

天主所預知者、則預定肖其子之狀、使彼為眾子中之長子、其所預定者、亦召之、所召者、亦稱之為義、所稱義者、亦榮之、○

父起死者而復活之、子復活所欲者、亦若是、

致生者乃神、肉則無益、我所言於爾者、神也、生也、

使耶穌由死復活者之神、若居於爾心、則使基督由死復活者、必以居爾心之聖神、使爾將死之身復活、○

昔爾若死、皆陷於罪愆、所行乃循今世之俗、從在空中掌權之君、即今誘惑悖逆不順者之神、昔我眾亦在其內、逞肉體之慾、隨身心所欲而行、本為天主所怒、與他人無異、惟天主之矜恤甚宏、以大愛愛我儕、當我儕陷於罪愆若死之時、乃使我儕同基督復活、爾曹以恩得救矣、

爾素非為民、今為天主之民、昔未蒙憐恤、今已蒙憐恤、○

我誠告爾、時將至、今是矣、死者必聞天主子之聲、而聞之者必生、

爾歡然而出、享平康而蒙引導、山岡將謳歌於爾前、田野諸樹聲如鼓掌、

天主獨猶太人之天主乎、亦非異邦人之天主乎、誠亦異邦人之天主、

故由一人、身若已死者、生育蕃衍、如天星之眾、如海沙之無數、

我在賜生命於萬有之天主前、及向本丟彼拉多為善道作證之耶穌前諭爾、

有人自遠方來、有人自北自西來、有人自秦秦原文作西尼地而至、

挪亞有信、蒙天主默示未見之事、遂敬畏主、而造方舟以救其家、以此罪世、且得由信之義、

可愛者乎、爾不可不知、主觀一日如千年、千年如一日、

孰能如我宣示將來之事、孰能述我自元始為萬民所定之事、陳於我前、或以未來事、後必成之事、預言之、

我必賜之以福、使之從爾生子、我必賜之以福、使為列族之母、列邦之王必由彼出、

若亞伯拉罕由其所行而得稱義、則有可誇、惟於天主前無有也、

我手奠地、我右手張天、我一命之、即咸立定、

昔語彼眾云、爾非我民、後必稱為永生天主之子、

經亦如是載云、前之亞當為血氣之人、後之亞當、為賜生命之神、

謂北方曰、釋之返、謂南方曰、勿拘留、以我諸子攜自遠方、以我諸女返自地極、

願全能之天主賜福於爾、使爾蕃衍昌熾、為多族之祖、

毋心中自矜曰、亞伯拉罕吾祖也、吾語爾、天主能使此石為亞伯拉罕之子孫焉、

至於以實瑪利、我已應爾所求、必賜之以福、使其後裔蕃衍昌熾、必生十二牧伯、我必使之為大族、

亞伯拉罕繼娶一妻名基突拉、基突拉從亞伯拉罕生心蘭、約珊、米但、米甸、益巴、書亞、約珊生示巴、底但、底但生亞書利族、利都是族、利烏米族、米甸、生以法、以弗、哈諾、亞比大、以勒大、咸屬基突拉子孫、○亞伯拉罕以凡所有賜以撒、亞伯拉罕尚在之時、以物予眾庶子、遣往東方、使離其子以撒、亞伯拉罕享壽一百七十五歲、壽高年邁、氣絕而終、歸於列祖、歸於列祖原文作歸於己族下同其子以撒與以實瑪利、葬之於麥比拉穴、在幔利前、在赫人瑣轄子以弗崙之田、即亞伯拉罕向赫族人所購之田、亞伯拉罕與妻撒拉皆葬於此、亞伯拉罕卒後、天主賜福於其子以撒、以撒附拉海萊井而居、○撒拉婢伊及女夏甲、從亞伯拉罕所生之子以實瑪利、其裔循支派名氏、記列如左、以實瑪利生長子尼拜約、又生基達、押德別、密衫、密瑪、度瑪、瑪撒、哈達、提瑪、益突、拿非實、基底瑪、此皆以實瑪利諸子之名氏、隨其鄉里井邑、為十二族之牧伯、以實瑪利享壽一百三十七歲、氣絕而終、歸於列祖、以實瑪利子孫所居之地、在其弟之東、自哈非拉至伊及前之書珥、直至亞述、○亞伯拉罕子以撒之家事、記列如左、亞伯拉罕生以撒、以撒四十歲、娶利百加為妻、利百加乃巴旦亞蘭地亞蘭人彼土利之女、亞蘭人拉班之妹、以撒因妻不妊、為之祈禱主、主允之、其妻利百加懷妊、有雙胎在腹震動、如相爭然、利百加曰、若然、我何必如此、即往問於主、主曰、二國在爾胎中、二族出自爾腹、此族強於彼族、長者將事幼者、迨至產期、果為雙胎、初產者身紅、遍體生毛如裘、命名以掃、後出以掃弟、手執伊掃之踵、命名雅各雅各譯即執踵之義二子生時、以撒年六十歲、二子漸長、以掃善獵、游於田野、雅各為人篤實、居處於幕、以撒愛以掃、因其常供以野味、利百加愛雅各、一日雅各煮羹、以掃自田野歸、憊甚、以撒謂雅各曰、我憊矣、請以此紅者食我、自此以掃、亦名以東、以東譯即紅之義雅各曰、以爾長子之名分、今日鬻於我、以掃曰、我將死矣、此長子之名分、於我何益、雅各曰、今日當與我誓、以掃遂與之誓、於是以長子名分、鬻於雅各、雅各乃以餅及紅豆羹予以掃、以掃飲之食之、起而去、以掃藐視長子之名分如此、

凡天主所為、天主自始皆已知之、