Abram and Circumcision, the Sign of the Covenant

17 When^[a] Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, “I am El-Shaddai;^[b] walk before me and be blameless ² so that^[c] I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you exceedingly.”^{[d] 3} Then Abram fell upon his face and God spoke with him, saying, ⁴ “As for me, behold, my covenant shall be with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵ Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶ And I will make you exceedingly^[e] fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you. ⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.

¹⁵ And God said to Abraham, “as for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah shall be her name. ¹⁶ And I will bless her; moreover, I give to you from her a son. And I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations.^[a] Kings of peoples shall come^[b] from her.”