Genesis 17:4-7

New Century Version

⁴“I am making my agreement with you: I will make you the father of many nations. ⁵I am changing your name from Abram^[a] to Abraham^[b] because I am making you a father of many nations. ⁶I will give you many descendants. New nations will be born from you, and kings will come from you. ⁷And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

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Footnotes

17:5 Abram This name means “honored father.”
17:5 Abraham The end of the Hebrew word for “Abraham” sounds like the beginning of the Hebrew word for “many.”