Genesis 17:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

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

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  • Gen 17:16-19
    4 verses
    84%

    16And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her.

    17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

    18And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you!

    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

  • Gen 17:4-6
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    82%

    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

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

    6And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.

  • Gen 16:1-3
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    77%

    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened 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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    76%

    10And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and behold, Sarah your 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 advanced in age, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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

    13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I 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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    12But God said to Abraham, Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

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

    2For Sarah conceived and bore 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 who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • Gen 18:15
    75%

    15Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh.

  • Gen 17:9
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    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • 1 Chr 1:27
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    27Abram, who is Abraham.

  • Gen 12:17-19
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    74%

    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 you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

  • Gen 11:30
    74%

    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Gen 16:6
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    6But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

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

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    73%

    17So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.

    18For the LORD had 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, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

  • Gen 35:10
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    10And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.

  • Gen 17:2
    72%

    2And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

  • Gen 16:15
    72%

    15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.