Genesis 17:1-16

1Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, 1the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am 2God 3Almighty; Walk before Me, and be 45blameless.2I will 6make My 7covenant between Me and you, And I will 8multiply you exceedingly.” 3Abram 9fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,4“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a 10multitude of nations.5No longer shall you be named 11Abram, But 12your name shall be 13Abraham; For 14I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and 15kings will come from you. 7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your 16descendants after you throughout their generations as an 17everlasting covenant, 18to be God to you and 19to your 20descendants after you. 8And 21I will give to you and to your 22descendants after you the land where you live as a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and 23I will be their God.”

9God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, 24you shall keep My covenant, you and your 25descendants after you throughout their generations. 1026This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your 27descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. 11And 28you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. 12And every male among you who is 29eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, including a slave who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your 30descendants. 13A slave who is born in your house or 31who is bought with your money shall certainly be circumcised; so My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant. 14But as for an uncircumcised male, one who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be 32cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

15Then God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, you shall not call her by the name 33Sarai, but 34Sarah shall be her name. 16I will bless her, and indeed I will give you 35a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; 36kings of peoples will 37come from her.”