And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Genesis 17:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nor shall your name any longer be Abram [high, exalted father]; but your name shall be Abraham [father of a multitude], for I have made you the father of many nations. American Standard Version (1901) Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. Common English Bible And because I have made you the ancestor of many nations, your name will no longer be Abram but Abraham. Catholic Public Domain Version No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram. But thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations. |
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, for the LORD'S sake.
Then art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen, and the Lord GODshall slay thee; and he shall call his servants by another name:
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The LORD is our righteousness.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).
(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.