₁When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right. ₂I will make my covenant with you and give you many descendants.” ₃Abram bowed down with his face touching the ground, and God said, ₄“I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations. ₅Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations. ₆I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.

₇“I will keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.

₁₅God said to Abraham, “You must no longer call your wife Sarai; from now on her name is Sarah. ₁₆I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants.”