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Genesis 17:5

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5No longer shall your name be called Abram,2 but ryour name shall be Abraham,3 sfor I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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Footnotes

  1. 2Abram means exalted father
  2. 3Abraham means father of a multitude

Cross references

  1. rNeh. 9:7
  2. sCited Rom. 4:17

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.

NLTNew Living Translation

What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.