The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(A) to the land^(B) I will show you.^(C)

¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram^(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,^(B) from the Wadi^[a] of Egypt^(C) to the great river, the Euphrates^(D)— ¹⁹ the land of the Kenites,^(E) Kenizzites, Kadmonites, ²⁰ Hittites,^(F) Perizzites,^(G) Rephaites,^{(H) 21} Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”^(I)

³ Abram fell facedown,^(A) and God said to him, ⁴ “As for me, this is my covenant with you:^(B) You will be the father of many nations.^{(C) 5} No longer will you be called Abram^[a]; your name will be Abraham,^[b](D) for I have made you a father of many nations.^{(E) 6} I will make you very fruitful;^(F) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.^{(G) 7} I will establish my covenant^(H) as an everlasting covenant^(I) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God^(J) and the God of your descendants after you.^{(K) 8} The whole land of Canaan,^(L) where you now reside as a foreigner,^(M) I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;^(N) and I will be their God.^(O)”

²¹ But my covenant^(A) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you^(B) by this time next year.”^(C)

¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,^[a] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.^[b]”^(A) So he named him Israel.

¹¹ And God said to him, “I am God Almighty^[c];^(B) be fruitful and increase in number.^(C) A nation^(D) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.^{(E) 12} The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.^(F)”^(G)