Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;^[a] walk before me, and be ^(A)blameless,

⁸ and ^(A)tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been ^(B)like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes,