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“I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations. (A)Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham,[a] because I am making you the ancestor of many nations. I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “ancestor of many nations.”

29 (A)If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised.

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