4. For my part, here is my covenant with you: you are to become the father of a multitude of nations.
5. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a multitude of nations.
6. I will make you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings will stem from you.
7. I will maintain my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting covenant, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8. I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now residing as aliens, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be their God.
9. God said to Abraham: For your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.
10. This is the covenant between me and you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
11. Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin. That will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
12. Throughout the ages, every male among you, when he is eight days old, shall be circumcised, including houseborn slaves and those acquired with money from any foreigner who is not of your descendants.