Genesis 17:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

New Living Translation
What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
“No longer shall you be named Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

NASB 1995
"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

NASB 1977
“No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Amplified Bible
“No longer shall your name be Abram (exalted father), But your name shall be Abraham (father of a multitude); For I will make you the father of many nations.

Christian Standard Bible
Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your name will no longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So your name will no longer be Abram [Exalted Father], but Abraham [Father of Many] because I have made you a father of many nations.

International Standard Version
Your name is no longer to be Abram. Instead your name will be Abraham, since I'll make you the father of many nations.

NET Bible
No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

King James 2000 Bible
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

New Heart English Bible
Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

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

American King James Version
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

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.

A Faithful Version
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Therfore shalt thou no more be called Abram but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made the
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;

Young's Literal 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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And thy name shall no more be called Abram, and thy name shall be Abraham, for the father of a multitude of nations have I given thee.

Catholic Translations
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall make you fruitful, and I shall increase you greatly, and I shall give you the nations, and Kings will go out from your loins.

Lamsa Bible
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many peoples.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.
















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