1. In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: "I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.
2. And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly."
3. Abram fell prone on his face.
4. And God said to him: "I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.
5. No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
6. And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
7. And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
8. And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God."