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4-5 (A) I promise that you will be the father of many nations. So now I'm changing your name from Abram to Abraham.[a] I will give you a lot of descendants, and they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.

(B) I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God.

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  1. 17.4,5 Abraham: In Hebrew “Abraham” sounds like “father of many nations.”

No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](A) for I have made you a father of many nations.(B) I will make you very fruitful;(C) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.(D) I will establish my covenant(E) as an everlasting covenant(F) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(G) and the God of your descendants after you.(H)

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.