Genesis 17:5
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.
KJV
Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham : quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἀβράμ, ἀλλ’ ἔσται Ἀβραὰμ τὸ ὄνομά σου· ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/לֹא יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד אֶת שִׁמְ/ךָ֖ אַבְרָ֑ם וְ/הָיָ֤ה שִׁמְ/ךָ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֛י אַב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הֲמ֥וֹן
hmvn
noun · 83×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
Intertextual echoes
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Rom 4:17 · paraphrase"(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were."Genesis: I have made you a father of many nations — Paul on Abraham's faith
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Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§59In order to gather together scattered humanity God calls Abram from his country, his kindred and his father's house,16 and makes him Abraham, that is, "the father of a multitude of nations". "In you all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."17
§1819Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.86 "Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations."87
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 28.—Of the Change of Name in Abraham and Sarah, Who Received the Gift of Fecundity When They Were Incapable of Regeneration Owing to the Barrenness of One, and the Old Age of Both. Now when a promise so great and clear was made to Abraham, in which it was so plainly said to him, “I have made thee a father of many nations, and I will increase thee exceedingly, and I will…
Chapter 23.—What Daniel Predicted Regarding the Persecution of Antichrist, the Judgment of God, and the Kingdom of the Saints. Daniel prophesies of the last judgment in such a way as to indicate that Antichrist shall first come, and to carry on his description to the eternal reign of the saints. For when in prophetic vision he had seen four beasts, signifying four kingdoms, and…
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram. God here renews and enlarges the covenant, changing Abram's name to Abraham. The covenant of circumcision is instituted as a sign and seal, not as the ground of righteousness, but as confirmation of the righteousness already received by faith. This sacrament, like baptism which replaced it, signifies the …
Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.
Cross-references
- Gen 17:15 — And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
- Gen 17:15 — And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
- Gen 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Gen 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Gen 35:10 — 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.
- Gen 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Heb 7:4 — Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
- Isa 62:2 — And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
- Isa 62:2 — And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
- Jer 20:3 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
- Jer 30:20 — Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
- Matt 1:21 — And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Neh 9:7 — Thou 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;
- Neh 9:7 — Thou 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;
- Rev 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name w
- Rom 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.