No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (A)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (B)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make (C)you into nations, and (D)kings shall come from you.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will (A)give[a] you a son by her. I will bless her, and (B)she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:16 Hebrew have given

(A)I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And (B)in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

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