Genesis 17:1-9 (Vespers, 1st reading)
- 1
- When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
- 2
- “And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
- 3
- Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
- 4
- “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
- 5
- “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
- 6
- “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
- 7
- “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
- 8
- “Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
- 9
- And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.