Genesis 17:1-9

English Standard Version

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;^[a] walk before me, and be ^(A)blameless, ²that I may make my covenant between me and you, and ^(B)may multiply you greatly.” ³Then Abram ^(C)fell on his face. And God said to him, ⁴“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be ^(D)the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵No longer shall your name be called Abram,^[b] but ^(E)your name shall be Abraham,^[c] ^(F)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make ^(G)you into nations, and ^(H)kings shall come from you. ⁷And I will ^(I)establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, ^(J)to be God to you and to your offspring after you. ⁸And ^(K)I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and ^(L)I will be their God.”