Genesis 17:5

New Century Version

I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham because I am making you a father of many nations.

Cross References

Genesis 17:15

God said to Abraham, “I will change the name of Sarai, your wife, to Sarah.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with people, and you have won.”

Genesis 32:29

Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But the man said, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

Genesis 35:10

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. Your new name will be Israel.” So he called him Israel.

2 Samuel 12:25

The Lord sent word through Nathan the prophet to name the baby Jedidiah, because the Lord loved the child.

1 Chronicles 1:27

and Abram, who was called Abraham.

Nehemiah 9:7

“You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.

Isaiah 65:15

Your names will be like curses to my servants, and the Lord God will put you to death. But he will call his servants by another name.

Jeremiah 20:3

The next day when Pashhur took Jeremiah out of the blocks of wood, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur. Now his name for you is Terror on Every Side.

Jeremiah 23:6

In his time Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. This will be his name: The Lord Does What Is Right.

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the new name Joshua.)

John 1:42

Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.”)

Romans 4:17

As it is written in the Scriptures: “I am making you a father of many nations.” This is true before God, the God Abraham believed, the God who gives life to the dead and who creates something out of nothing.

Revelation 2:17

“Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. “I will give some of the hidden manna to everyone who wins the victory. I will also give to each one who wins the victory a white stone with a new name written on it. No one knows this new name except the one who receives it.