Genesis 17:5

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 9:7 : 7 “You are the LORD God who chose Abram and brought him forth from Ur of the Chaldeans. You changed his name to Abraham.
  • Gen 17:15 : 15 Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
  • Isa 62:2-4 : 2 Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the LORD himself will give you. 3 You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal turban in the hand of your God. 4 You will no longer be called,“Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“My Delight is in Her,” and your land“Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 (as it is written,“I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.’
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The Sovereign LORD will kill you, but he will give his servants another name.
  • Jer 20:3 : 3 But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him,“The LORD’s name for you is not‘Pashhur’ but‘Terror is Everywhere.’
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by:‘The LORD has provided us with justice.’
  • Matt 1:21-23 : 21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”
  • John 1:42 : 42 Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,“You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas”(which is translated Peter).
  • Num 13:16 : 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the LORD’s sake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

    4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Gen 17:6-9
    4 verses
    85%

    6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

    7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

    9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

  • Gen 17:15-16
    2 verses
    82%

    15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

    16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

  • Gen 12:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

    2Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

  • Gen 17:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

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

  • 1 Chr 1:27
    78%

    27Abram(that is, Abraham).

  • Gen 35:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10God said to him,“Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel.

    11Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

  • Gen 18:18
    75%

    18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

  • Heb 6:14
    74%

    14saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

    17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

    18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

  • Rom 4:17
    73%

    17(as it is written,“I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

    4I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

  • Gen 15:5
    73%

    5The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”

  • Heb 11:18
    73%

    18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

  • Isa 51:2
    73%

    2Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

  • Gen 13:17
    71%

    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

  • Gen 15:3
    71%

    3Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”

  • Rom 9:7
    71%

    7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”

  • Gen 21:13
    71%

    13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”