Genesis 17:5
Good News Translation
Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.

New Revised Standard Version
No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

New American Bible
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a multitude of nations.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

but thy name.

Genesis 17:15 God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

Genesis 32:28 But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.

2 Samuel 12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

Nehemiah 9:7 Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

Isaiah 62:2-4 And the Gentiles shall see thy just one, and all kings thy glorious one: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. . . .

Isaiah 65:15 And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.

Jeremiah 20:3 And when it was light the next day, Phassur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. And Jeremiah said to him: The Lord hath not called thy name Phassur, but fear on every side.

Jeremiah 23:6 In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: The Lord our just one.

Matthew 1:21-23 And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins. . . .

John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona. Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.

Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him that overcometh I will give the hidden manna and will give him a white counter: and in the counter, a new name written, which no man knoweth but he that receiveth it.

Abraham.

Context
The Renaming of Abraham
4And God said to him: I am, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.6And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.…
Cross References
Romans 4:17
(As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

Genesis 35:10
Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

Nehemiah 9:7
Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

Genesis 17:4
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