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Genesis 17:5

King James Version (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.

Translations

Genesis 17:5 - Amplified Bible

Nor shall your name any longer be Abram [high, exalted father]; but your name shall be Abraham [father of a multitude], for I have made you the father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5 - American Standard Version

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.

Genesis 17:5 - Bible in Basic English

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

Genesis 17:5 - Darby Bible

And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5 - English Standard Version

No longer shall your name be called Abram, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:5 - King James Version

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.

Genesis 17:5 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y no serás llamado más Abram (I.e., padre enaltecido);
sino que tu nombre será Abraham (I.e., padre de multitud);
porque yo te haré padre de multitud de naciones.

Genesis 17:5 - The Message

Genesis 17:5 - New American Standard Bible

"No longer shall your name be called (I.e. exalted father) Abram, But your name shall be (I.e. father of a multitude) Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:5 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Y no serás llamado más Abram (Padre Enaltecido);
Sino que tu nombre será Abraham (Padre de Multitud);
Porque Yo te haré padre de multitud de naciones.

Genesis 17:5 - World English Bible

Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

Genesis 17:5 - Young's Living Translation

and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

Genesis 17:5 - Additional Comments

His name was changed from Abram, "a high father", to Abraham, "the father of a multitude". This was:
- To give him honor.
--- To the glory of the church, she shall be called by a new name, which the Lord shall name, Isa. 62:2
--- Princes dignify their favourites by conferring new titles upon them; thus was Abraham dignified by Him who is the fountain of honor.
--- All believers have a new name, Rev. 2:17.
--- Believers are named from Christ, Eph. 3:15.
- To encourage and confirm the faith of Abraham.
--- While he was childless perhaps even his own name was sometimes an occasion of grief to him: why should he be called "a high father" who was not a father at all? But now that God had promised him numerous descendents, so He gave him a name which now signified this, so his joy.
--- Note, God calls things that are not as though they were, as noted in Rom. 4:17. He called Abraham the father of a multitude because he should prove to be so in due time, though as yet he had but one child.

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