Genesis 17:4-8

The Voice

Eternal One: ⁴ Here is My covenant with you. I promise you will become the root of a huge family tree of multiple nations. ⁵ To symbolize your foundational role in this covenant, I hereby change your name. You will no longer go by the name “Abram.” Your new name will be “Abraham,” which means “father of a great multitude of nations,” because that is exactly what I will make of you.^{[a] 6} Your descendants will be exceedingly fruitful. Nations and kings will descend from you. ⁷ I hereby make this covenant—this sacred bond—between Me and you and all of your children and their children’s children throughout the coming generations. It will be an eternal covenant. I will be your God and the God to all who come after you! ⁸ I will fulfill My promise to give you and your descendants the land of Canaan, where you now live as foreigners. I will place all of Canaan into your hands to be yours forever. I will be your God and their God forever.