⁴ Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.

²⁹ My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

²⁰ And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.

⁸ And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

⁹ And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

² And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

⁵ No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

⁶ I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

¹¹ And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

¹² And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

¹³ For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹⁷ (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

¹⁸ Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

²⁸ There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

²⁹ And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

²³ And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.