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Then Abram bowed down before God. God said to him, “This is my part of our agreement: I will make you the father of many nations. I will change your name from Abram[a] to Abraham,[b] because I am making you the father of many nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram This name means “honored father.”
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham This name means “great father” or “father of many.”

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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.

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