Genesis 17:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:5 : 5 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.
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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  • Gen 17:16-19
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    16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

    17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

    18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

    19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 17:4-6
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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

    6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  • Gen 16:1-3
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    1Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

    3And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

  • Gen 18:10-13
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    10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

    12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

    13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

  • Gen 20:2
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    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

  • Gen 21:12
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    12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

  • Gen 21:1-3
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    1And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

    2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

    3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

  • Gen 18:15
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    15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

  • Gen 17:9
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    9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

  • 1 Chr 1:27
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    27Abram; the same is Abraham.

  • Gen 12:17-19
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    17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

    19Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Gen 16:6
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    6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

    18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

  • Gen 35:10
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    10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

  • Gen 16:15
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    15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.