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1 When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, |I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless. 2 Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.| 3 Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him, 4 As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. 7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. Genesis 17:1-7, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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