Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“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.

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, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the 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.

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.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

H87
אברם 
'Abram 
Usage: 61

but thy name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

H85
אברהם 
'Abraham 
Usage: 175

of many
המן המון 
Hamown 
Usage: 83

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

Images Genesis 17:5

Prayers for Genesis 17:5

Context Readings

Abram And Circumcision, The Sign Of The Covenant

4 Behold my covenant with thee: Thou shalt be a father of many Gentiles. 5 “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.
6 And I will multiply thee exceeding, and I will make Gentiles of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:7

Thou art, O LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and didst bring him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees and didst give him the name of Abraham

Genesis 17:15

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

Romans 4:17

as it is written, As a father of many Gentiles have I placed thee before God, whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which are not as those that are.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast fought with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.

2 Samuel 12:25

And he sent by the hand of Nathan, the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, , by the LORD.

Isaiah 62:2-4

And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness and all the kings thy glory; and thou shalt be given a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

Isaiah 65:15

And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; for the Lord GOD shall slay thee and call his slaves by another name.

Jeremiah 20:3

And it came to pass on the morrow that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said unto him: The LORD has not called thy name Pashur, , but Magormissabib.

Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this shall be his name by which they shall call him, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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.

Revelation 2:17

He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the congregations ; To him that overcomes I will give to eat of the hidden manna and will give him a small white stone and in the stone a new name written, which no one knows except the one that receives it.

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