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26 When Terah had lived for seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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No longer shall your name be Abram,[a] but your name shall be Abraham;[b] for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:5 That is exalted ancestor
  2. Genesis 17:5 Here taken to mean ancestor of a multitude

God said to Abraham, ‘As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

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