Bible verse

Genesis 17:5

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5 · BSB

Genesis 17:5 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 17.

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

4 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

5 No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

9 God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

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Genesis 17:5 in other translations

KJV

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

ASV

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

ERV

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

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