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The covenant was accompanied with a name change. Abram means 'the father is exalted' which had glorified Terah rather than his son. In the ritual sealing the covenant Melchizedek changed his name to Abraham, which means 'father of many nations'.

The Abrahamic Covenant was sealed when Melchizedek took a cow, a goat, and a ram and split their carcasses in two. Then a floating grill and a floating torch passed between those pieces. After that, Abraham, his wife, his son, and all his servants passed between them. By this ritual Abraham told Bat-El, 'If I ever break faith with you, may I be cut in half like these animals.'

Previously Abraham's worship of Bat-El had been a personal devotion. All of the interactions had occurred solely between Abraham and Elyion and were mediated through the Ophan Melchizedek. Sarah embraced Bat-El because she loved Abraham and she was his wife. Abraham's servants embraced Bat-El simply because Abram was their master.

But with the introduction of circumcision the worship of Bat-El became corporate worship, something embedded in the culture rather than a personal choice. Even infant males were circumcised. Anyone not circumcised was cut off from the people, so to speak.

But there was a benefit to circumcision not intended by Samael when he demanded the practice as his attempt to sabotage the testing. Circumcised men were chafed day and night. They lasted longer during lovemaking and that resulted in a happy lady who was less likely to commit adultery.

When Abraham's son was about fourteen years of age Melchizedek said to his father, "Take now your son Yishak and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show to you."

And the countenance of Abraham fell. At first he searched the face of Melchizedek, guessing it was a bad joke. Then he suspected the Ophan had gone insane. He was tempted to refuse outright as he did once before in Harran. After that he considered offering a defense of his son.

In the end Abraham remembered the covenant, and his affirmation of loyalty to the one he knew as Bat-El. Melchizidek says this Bat-El now requires the life of his son? So be it. "Let my word be true. I will obey my God, even though I find his demands to be hateful."