1. When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
2. Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”
3. Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
4. “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
5. No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
6. I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
7. I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.