4. “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
5. What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
6. I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
7. “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8. And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”
9. Then God said to Abraham, “Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.
10. This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.