Genesis 17:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:5 : 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 For the Lorde had sent by Nathan the Prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidiah, because the Lord loued him.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:16-19
    4 verses
    84%

    16And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.

    17Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

    18And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.

    19Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

  • Gen 17:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

    5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

    6Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.

  • Gen 17:21
    78%

    21But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.

  • Gen 16:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

    2And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

    3Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife.

  • Gen 18:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10And he saide, I will certainely come againe vnto thee according to ye time of life: and loe, Sarah thy wife shall haue a sonne; Sarah heard in the tent doore, which was behinde him.

    11(Nowe Abraham and Sarah were old and striken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women)

    12Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust?

    13And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde?

  • Gen 20:2
    76%

    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.

  • Gen 21:12
    76%

    12But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.

  • Gen 21:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised.

    2For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.

    3And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak.

  • Gen 18:15
    75%

    15But Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not: for she was afraide; he said, It is not so: for thou laughedst.

  • Gen 17:9
    75%

    9Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • 1 Chr 1:27
    74%

    27Abram, which is Abraham.

  • Gen 12:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17But the Lorde plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.

    18Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?

    19Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

  • Gen 11:30
    74%

    30But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.

  • Gen 16:6
    74%

    6Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.

  • Rom 9:9
    73%

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children.

    18For the Lorde had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.

  • Gen 24:36
    73%

    36And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

  • Gen 35:10
    73%

    10Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel.

  • Gen 17:2
    72%

    2And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

  • Gen 16:15
    72%

    15And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.