5No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.


In Context

2 I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers."

3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

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

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

6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.