Genesis 17:5-11
17:5 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.
17:6 I will make you
extremely
fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
17:7 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.
17:8 I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing
– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent
possession. I will be their God.”
17:9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
17:11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.