אֲנִ֕י הִנֵּ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְהָיִ֕יתָ לְאַ֖ב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִֽם׃
איך – זע, מײַן בונד װעט זײַן מיט דיר, און װעסט זײַן דער פֿאָטער פֿון אַ סך פֿעלקער.
The Midrash of Philo
What is the meaning of, "And God conversed with him, saying, And I, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations?" (Genesis 17:4).
On the Change of Names
[57] The frame of mind which shrank from Him and fell spontaneously won God’s high approval by thus acknowledging of the Existent that it is He alone Who stands and that all below Him are subject to change and mutation of every kind. He addresses him with an insistence which is also a call to partnership. “And I,” He says, “—see, My covenant is with thee” (Gen. 17:4).