IGENESIS 17:1-8

Kwathi, uAbram akuba minyaka imashumi asithoba anesithoba ezelwe, uYehova wabonakala kuAbram, wathi kuye, NdinguThixo uSomandla; hamba phambi kwam ube ngogqibeleleyo. Ndiya kuwubeka umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, ndikwandise kakhulu kunene. Wawa uAbram ngobuso bakhe. UThixo wathetha naye, esithi, Mna, yabona, umnqophiso wam unawe; ùya kuba nguyise wengxokolo yeentlanga. Kananjalo akusayi kuthiwa igama lakho nguAbram;• igama lakho liya kuba nguAbraham,• ngokuba ndikwenzé uyise wengxokolo yeentlanga; ndiya kukuqhamisa kakhulu kunene, ndikwenze iintlanga, kuphume ookumkani kuwe; ndiwumise umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, naphakathi kwembewu yakho emva kwakho kwizizukulwana zayo, ube ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade, wokuba ndibe nguThixo kuwe, nakwimbewu yakho emva kwakho; ndílinike wena nembewu yakho emva kwakho ilizwe lokuphambukela kwakho, lonke ilizwe eli lakwaKanan, ukuba libe yinto yenu ngonaphakade, ndibe nguThixo wabo.