Abram and the Sinai Covenant
The story of Abram is an important moment in the history of the Catholic religion. Abram was a young man when God came to him. God said to Abram that he would be the father of many nations, would be blessed and would be famous throughout the people. Abram accepted this offer an moved away from his father to going on a journey for the remaining years of his life. With him he brought his wife, Sarai, his nephew, Lot as well as all of his livestock and possessions.
After years making his journey and as Sarai grew old, too old to give birth to children, God spoke to Abram again. This time, he wanted to make a covenant with Abram in this covenant he said "... this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations. And you are no longer to be called Abram; your name is to be Abraham, for I am making you the father of many nations ... and to your descendants after you, I shall give the country where you are now immigrants ... to own it perpetuity. And I will be their God.
... You for your part must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you, generation after generation ... every one of your males will be circumcised ... and that will be a sign of the covenant between myself and you.
... your wife Sarai, you must not call her Sarai, but Sarah. I shall bless her and moreover give you a son by her. I shall bless her and she will become nations: kings of people will issue from her." (Genesis 17:4-8, 9, 11, 15-16) (1).
The Sinai covenant is very important because Jews still follow this covenant today. It is a covenant that God made with Abram because he was one of the few people who would worship him instead of pieces of statues. Gods deal was that Abram would become the father of many nations and would be famous and well known by many people. This would happen as long as his descendants, generation after generation, would have their males circumcised when they were eight days old. In the Sinai Covenant, it also mentioned that Abraham would lead the chosen people to the Promised Land for better things.
(1) RE Textbook page 80 hard copy, page 84 laptop