Genesis 17:5 Parallel Translations

So your name will no longer be Abram Exalted Father, but Abraham Father of Many because I have made you a father of many nations.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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

DBY:

And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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;

Genesis 17:5 Cross References

XREF:

Nehemiah 9:7 "You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

Romans 4:17 (as it is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU") in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be {b} Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
(b) The changing of his name is a seal to confirm God's promise to him.

WES:

17:5 In token of this, his name was changed from Abram, a high father, to Abraham, the father of a multitude. This was to confirm the faith of Abraham, while he was childless; perhaps even his own name was sometimes an occasion of grief to him; Why should he be called a high father, who was not a father at all? But now God had promised him a numerous issue, and had given him a name which signified so much; that name was his joy.

MHC:

17:1-6 The covenant was to be accomplished in due time. The promised Seed was Christ, and Christians in him. And all who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abram, being partakers of the same covenant blessings. In token of this covenant his name was changed from Abram, a high father, to Abraham, the father of a multitude. All that the Christian world enjoys, it is indebted for to Abraham and his Seed.

CONC:

Abram Longer Multitude Nations

Abraham Abram Longer Multitude Nations

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