1  And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty •God: walk before my face, and be perfect. 2  And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee. 3  And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,

4  It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. 5  And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. 6  And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7  And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8  And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.