3 Abram bowed with his face to the ground, and God said:

4,5 *I promise that you will be the father of many nations. So now I’m changing your name from Abram to Abraham.*6 I will give you a lot of descendants, and they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.

7 *I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God. 8 *I will give you and them the land in which you are now a foreigner. I will give the whole land of Canaan to your family forever, and I will be their God.

9 Abraham, you and all future members of your family must promise to obey me. 10,11 *As the sign that you are keeping this promise, you must circumcise every man and boy in your family.