1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.
2 I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people.”
3 Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,
4 “I am making my agreement with you: I will make you the father of many nations.
5 I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham because I am making you a father of many nations.
6 I will give you many descendants. New nations will be born from you, and kings will come from you.
7 And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.