Bible Movie: Sign of the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 17:1-27)

See the Bible, Verse By Verse... After Abram and Sarai’s failure in Genesis 16, it must've been a long thirteen years of waiting before the events of Genesis 17. Abram and Sarai had sought their own solution to the problem of Sarai’s barrenness with disastrous results. The status of Ishmael is still lacking clarity: He is Abram’s son, but is he the child of promise? If not, when and how will this promised child come? Many questions remain, requiring Abram and Sarai to fall back once again on their faith in the God who does the impossible. Here in chapter 17, Lord appears to Abram again, reiterating his commitment to him and to the promise he has made him, a lasting covenant that will now be confirmed through the sign of circumcision, applied to Abram and his (MALE) offspring. This sign will separate them from the nations around them and mark them out as belonging to the Lord in a unique way, reminding them of the Lord’s promise to them and their children.