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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.(A)

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  1. 17.5 That is, exalted ancestor
  2. 17.5 That is, ancestor of a multitude

26 Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob.[a] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.(A)

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  1. 25.26 That is, he takes by the heel or he supplants

In the womb he tried to supplant his brother,
    and in his manhood he strove with God.(A)

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