Genesis 17:1-8 ▼

1 And Abram was a son of ninety years and nine years, and YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El-Shaddai; walk before Me and be blameless.

2 And I will make My covenant between Me and between you, and I will multiply you greatly, greatly.”

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

4 “As for me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

5 And your name shall no longer be called Abram, and your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

6 I will make you fruitful—greatly, greatly—and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come out from you.

7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you, and to your seed after you.

8 And I give to you and to your seed after you the land in which you are a sojourner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.”