The Sign of the Covenant
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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
Lord
appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty;
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walk before me, and be blameless.
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And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.
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Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him,
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As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.
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No longer shall your name be Abram,
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but your name shall be Abraham;
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for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.
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I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
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I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring
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after you.
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God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
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I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
