3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a afather of many nations.
5 No longer shall ayour name be called Abram, but your name shall be2 Abraham; bfor I have made you a father of3 many nations.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations aof you, and bkings shall come from you.
7 And I will aestablish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, bto be God to you and cyour descendants after you.
8 Also aI give to you and your descendants after you the land bin which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and cI will be their God.”
9 And God said to Abraham: “As for you, ayou shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
10 This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: aEvery male child among you shall be circumcised;
11 and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be aa sign of the covenant between Me and you.
12 He who is eight days old among you ashall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.
13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person ashall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, aand she shall be a mother bof nations; ckings of peoples shall be from her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face aand laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
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