Promises to Abram^(A)

12 Now the ^(B)Lord had said to Abram:

The Sign of the Covenant^(A)

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord ^(B)appeared to Abram and said to him, ^(C)“I am ^[a]Almighty God; ^(D)walk before Me and be ^(E)blameless. ² And I will make My ^(F)covenant between Me and you, and ^(G)will multiply you exceedingly.” ³ Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: ⁴ “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be ^(H)a father of ^[b]many nations. ⁵ No longer shall ^(I)your name be called ^[c]Abram, but your name shall be ^[d]Abraham; ^(J)for I have made you a father of ^[e]many nations. ⁶ I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make ^(K)nations of you, and ^(L)kings shall come from you. ⁷ And I will ^(M)establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, ^(N)to be God to you and ^(O)your descendants after you. ⁸ Also ^(P)I give to you and your descendants after you the land ^(Q)in^[f] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and ^(R)I will be their God.”

⁹ And God said to Abraham: “As for you, ^(S)you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

^13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: ^(B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; ^(C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. ¹⁴ Also your ^(D)descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad ^(E)to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and ^(F)in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ¹⁵ Behold, ^(G)I am with you and will ^(H)keep^[a] you wherever you go, and will ^(I)bring you back to this land; for ^(J)I will not leave you ^(K)until I have done what I have spoken to you.”