1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.
2 I will make my covenant with you and give you many descendants.”
3 Abram bowed down with his face touching the ground, and God said,
4 “I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations.