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Genesis 17

God appears to Abram at ninety-nine, renames him Abraham and Sarai Sarah, and makes circumcision the sign of an everlasting covenant. He promises that Sarah will bear a son, Isaac, within a year, and blesses Ishmael too.

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    Abraham: Abram, “exalted father”, was renamed Abraham: “for a father of many nations have I made thee.”

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    Sarah: “Princess”. Sarai was renamed Sarah; “she shall be a mother of nations.”

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