Genesis 17:5
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 No longer shall your name be Abram,[a] but your name shall be Abraham;[b] for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.
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- Genesis 17:5 That is exalted ancestor
- Genesis 17:5 Here taken to mean ancestor of a multitude
Genesis 17:5
Good News Translation
5 (A)Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham,[a] because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.
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- Genesis 17:5 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “ancestor of many nations.”
Genesis 17:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 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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