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God confirms His covenant with Abraham

God promises that Abram and Sarai will have a child.
Contributed by LUMO project
Story also available on our translated websites: Spanish, German
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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers. You will be the father of many nations.’ – Slide 1
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‘No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.’ – Slide 2
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‘I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.’ – Slide 3
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‘The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.’ – Slide 4
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God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.’ – Slide 5
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‘I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’ – Slide 6
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Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’ <br/>And Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael might live under your blessing! – Slide 7
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Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.’ – Slide 8
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‘And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.’ – Slide 9
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‘But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.’ – Slide 10
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When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. – Slide 11
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