Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
Holman Bible
Your name will no longer be Abram,
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.
A Conservative Version
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham, for I have made thee the father of a multitude of nations.
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.
Amplified
“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.
Darby 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.
Julia Smith 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.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore shalt thou no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee,
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.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
And thy name shall no more be called Abram, - but thy name shall become Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations, have I appointed thee;
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Circumcision » Covenant promises of
Circumcision » The covenant of circumcision
Covenant » Instances of » Abraham
Covenant » The covenant with abraham
The Covenant » Made with » Abraham
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 17:5
Images Genesis 17:5
Prayers for Genesis 17:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abram And Circumcision, The Sign Of The Covenant
4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end. 5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations. 6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:7
You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;
Genesis 17:15
And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.
John 1:42
And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).
Romans 4:17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
Genesis 32:28
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
Numbers 13:16
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
2 Samuel 12:25
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
Isaiah 62:2-4
And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.
Isaiah 65:15
And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
Jeremiah 20:3
Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
Matthew 1:21-23
And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
Revelation 2:17
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.