Genesis 17:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Neither shall thy name{H8034} any more be called{H7121} Abram,{H87} but thy name{H8034} shall be Abraham;{H85} for the father{H1} of a multitude{H1995} of nations{H1471} have I made thee.{H5414}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Neither shall thy name{H8034} any more be called{H7121}{(H8735)} Abram{H87}, but thy name{H8034} shall be Abraham{H85}; for a father{H1} of many{H1995} nations{H1471} have I made thee{H5414}{(H8804)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Therfore shalt thou no more be called Abram but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made th

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

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

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 9:7 : 7 You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name Abraham;
  • Gen 17:15 : 15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  • 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.
  • Isa 62:2-4 : 2 And the nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall designate. 3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 4 You shall no longer be called Forsaken; nor shall your land any longer be called Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the hidden manna to eat, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 You shall leave your name as a curse for my chosen, for the Lord GOD will slay you and call his servants by another name.
  • Jer 20:3 : 3 And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, The LORD has not called your name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • John 1:42 : 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas, (which is translated, A Stone.)
  • Num 13:16 : 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    3 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

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

  • Gen 17:6-9
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    6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

    7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

    8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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

  • Gen 17:15-16
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    15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

    16 And 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.

  • Gen 12:1-2
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    1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:

    2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:

  • Gen 17:19-21
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    78%

    19 And 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.

    20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he shall beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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

  • 1 Chr 1:27
    78%

    27 Abram, who is Abraham.

  • Gen 35:10-11
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    76%

    10 And 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.

    11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body;

  • Gen 18:18
    75%

    18 Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Heb 6:14
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    14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'

  • Gen 22:16-18
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    16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

    17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

    18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

  • Rom 4:17
    73%

    17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

    4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Gen 15:5
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    5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

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    18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

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    2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 13:17
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    17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.

  • Gen 15:3
    71%

    3 And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

  • Rom 9:7
    71%

    7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

  • Gen 21:13
    71%

    13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your seed.

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

    4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.