Genesis 17:1-9 ▼

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God appeared to him, and said to him, |I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly.|

3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God talked with him, saying,

4 |As for me, look, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

8 I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.|

9 God said to Abraham, |As for you, you are to keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.