No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](A) for I have made you a father of many nations.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.

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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31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”(A)

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31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

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